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NF-JLEP Fund

 

THE NIPPON FOUNDATION - ÇOMÜ JAPANESE LANGUAGE EDUCATION FUND PROGRAM (NF-JLEP)

The Nippon Foundation Fund for Japanese Language Education (日本語教育基金, "NF-JLEP") is a distinguished global initiative established by The Nippon Foundation in 1994. The program's core mission is to promote and enhance Japanese language education globally. Currently, the fund provides crucial financial support to Japanese language education departments across 11 universities in 6 countries. NF-JLEP tailors its support to meet regional needs, focusing on areas such as developing the fundamental skills of Japanese language learners and foreign language instructors, as well as supporting the development of effective teaching materials.

The Japanese Language Teaching (JLT) Department at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMÜ) has been an integral and proud member of this prestigious global network since 1996, continuously strengthening the quality of learning experiences for its students. Initially, from 1996 to 2020, the fund directly supported undergraduate students, providing monthly scholarships to the top four academically successful students in each class level. Additionally, five successful undergraduate students were awarded travel grants each summer to participate as a delegation in 3-week intensive educational programs in Japan. Following the establishment of the JLT Master's Program in 2020, The Nippon Foundation revised the fund's mandate. Since 2021, the fund has been dedicated to advancing postgraduate scientific research and fostering qualified young researchers, now operating as a research support fund for graduate students. This transition has resulted in the successful support of more than 10 postgraduate scientific research projects over the last four years (See Table 1). This enduring collaboration ensures the department remains committed to excellence in Japanese language education and research.

 

Student

Project Title

Senem ÇENTE AKKAN

A Research On The Relationship Between Writing Anxiety And Perceptions and Attitudes On Academic Integrity Violations In Japanese Language Teaching

Tuğçe KARAPOLAT

The Effect of Using SNS as an Instructional Technology in Japanese Culture Teaching

Çağatay Ege ŞAHİN

Usage of Apology Expressions by Japanese Language Graduates Working in Japanese Companies

Reha AVCI

Virtualization of Japanese Language Education in Turkey through Educational Institutions and Course Materials

E.Bihter ÇAKIR DEMİR

An Investigation of the Relationship Between the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Attitudes to the Use of Instructional Technologies of Japanese Teachers

İrem SAKA

Detection and Analysis of Perception and Knowledge Levels of Japanese Studies Students Regarding Academic Integrity in Eurasian Region

Yaren YAMAN

The Relation Between Awareness of Multicultural Coexistence Among Japanese Language Education Students and the Curriculums

Ata AKIN

Speaking Skill Developments of University Students Who Take Japanese Language Education Through Distance Education in Turkey

Kubilay Kadir Elçin

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Gamze DAĞDELEN

Enhancing Awareness of Academic Misconduct Among Undergraduate Japanese Language Learners Through Japanese Academic Writing Activities

Zeynep ARAS

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Ümit ALTINTAŞ 

Development of Language and Culture-Oriented Training Materials for Volunteer Japanese Disaster Interpreters and Integration into the Undergraduate Curriculum

Oya UZUN 

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Additionally, over the past four years, our NF-JLEP Scholar Graduate Students, with the support of the NF-JLEP grant, have presented 19 international papers and produced five high-quality papers (two of which are currently in submission) (See Table 2).

Conference Papers

1

Altintas, U. & Ozsen, T. (2025, November). Bridging the Gap: Linguistic and Intercultural Challenges of Japanese Volunteer Interpreters in Post-Disaster Türkiye. International Conference on Traces of the Past, Horizons of the Future: Exploring Japan at the Crossroads of Humanities, Technology and Global Dialogue, Pula-Croatia.

2

Altintas, U. & Ozsen, T. (2025, October). Bridging the Gap: Linguistic and Intercultural Challenges of Japanese Volunteer Interpreters in Post-Disaster Türkiye. International Conference on Traces of the Past, Horizons of the Future: Exploring Japan at the Crossroads of Humanities, Technology and Global Dialogue, Pula-Croatia.

3

Dağdelen, G. & Özşen, T. (2023 November). Empowering Academic Misconduct Awareness of Japanese language learners through Japanese Academic Writing Activities [Paper presentation]. 1st Asia – Middle East – Africa Conference on Academic and Research Integrity (ACARI 2023). Dubai-UAE, pp. 54-55.

4

Özşen, T., Saka, İ., Çelik, Ö., Razı, S., Çente-Akkan, S., Henek Dlabolová, D. , & Dağdelen, G. (2023 August). A methodology proposal for detecting academic misconduct in Japanese language texts in the digitalization era [Paper presentation]. The 17th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS), Ghent-Belgium.

5

Akın, A. (2023 May). Türkiye'de Uzaktan Eğitim Yoluyla Japon Dili Eğitimi Alan Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Konuşma Becerisi Gelişimleri [Paper presentation].  The 14th International Congress on Social-Siences Humanities and Education, Istanbul, Türkiye,

6

Dağdelen, G., Saka, I. & Özşen, T. (2023). Academic misconduct issues in Japanese language teaching (JLT) in the digitalization era [Paper presentation]. 5th Russia&CIS International Conference on Japanese Language and culture, Moscow-Russia.

7

Çakır Demir, E. B. & Özşen, T. (2023). Exploring the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Japanese Language Teachers [Paper presentation]. The 17th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS), Ghent-Belgium. 

8

Yaman, Y. & Özşen, T. (2023). Between the Awareness of Multicultural Coexistence Among Japanese Language Education Students and the Education Curriculum on the Relationship [Paper presentation]. The 17th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS), Ghent-Belgium. 

9

Saka, İ. & Özşen, T. (2022, 17-18 November). Investigation of Academic Integrity From a Japanese Perspective by Detailed Content Analysis Method [Conference presentation abstract]. Trakya Universities Association IV. Graduate Student Congress, Çanakkale, Turkey.

10

Çente Akkan, S. & Özşen, T. (2022). Japanese L2 Learners’ Perceptions of Academic Misconduct Issues. 25th Japanese Language Education Symposium in Europe, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2022, pp. 98-99

11

Karapolat, T. & Özşen, T. (2022). The Effect of Using SNS as Instructional Technology in Teaching Japanese Culture. 25th Japanese Language Education Symposium in Europe, Leiden, Holland, 2022, pp. 67-68.

12

Çakır Demir, E. B. & Özşen, T. (2022). Japanese Language Learning Through Systematic Literature Review Method. 25th Japanese Language Education Symposium in Europe, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 59-60.

13

Özşen, T., Razı, S., Çelik, Ö., Çente-Akkan, S., Saka, İ., & Sakaue, T. (2022 May). Testing of Support Tools for Plagiarism Detection for the Japanese Language: TeSToP-J Project [Paper presentation]. European Conference on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism 2022, Porto-Portugal

14

Çelik, Ö., Yılmaz, T. S., Erçin, N., Razı, Ö. B., Çente Akkan, S., Saka, İ. & Uygun, E. (2022). Student Involvement in Upholding Academic Integrity: Student Boards as Praxis [Conference presentation]. European Conference on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism 2022, Porto, Portugal.

15

Çente-Akkan, S. & Özşen, T. (2022). The relation of writing anxiety and academic misconduct in Japanese language education [Paper presentation]. European Conference on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism 2022, Porto-Portugal.

16

Çente-Akkan, S. & Özşen, T. (2021). “Critical reading on Japanese language textbooks through  Minna no Nihongo”. The Fourteenth International Congress of Educational Research, October, 27-30.

17

Karapolat, T. & Özşen, T. (2021). “Discussing the Post-War Japanese Education System in Social and Historical Contexts Based on PISA Results”. The Fourteenth International Congress of Educational Research, October, 27-30.

18

Çente-Akkan, S. & Özşen, T. (2021). “A Framework Proposal for Detecting and Preventing Academic Misconduct in Japanese Language as L2”. Canadian Symposium on Academic Integrity 2021, June 22-23. (Virtual Symposium).

19

Avcı, A. R. (2021). “Proficiency of Japanese language education videos on YouTube”. The Fourteenth International Congress of Educational Research, October, 27-30.

Journal Papers

1

Yaman, Y. & Özşen, T. (2022). A brief discussion on post-war education system in Japan with a special focus on the primary education curriculum. Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute, 51(2), 203-219. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1173526

2

Özşen, T., Saka, İ., Çelik, Ö., Razı, S., Çente Akkan, S., Henek Dlabolová, D. (2023). Testing of support tools to detect plagiarism in academic Japanese texts. Education and Information Technologies, 28, :13287–13321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-11718-4  

3

Karapolat, T., Özşen, T. & Çetinkaya, L. (2024). The impact of social media as an instructional tool in Japanese culture teaching. Education and Information Technologies, 29, 695–719. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-12290-7

4

Saka, İ. & Özşen, T. (under review). Examining Perception and Knowledge of Academic Integrity Among Japanology Students in the Eurasian Region.

5

Dağdelen, G. & Özşen, T. (in progress). Enhancing Awareness of Academic Misconduct Among Undergraduate Japanese Language Learners Through Japanese Academic Writing Activities.