Does World Englishes help English learners lower affective filter? -An empirical study
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15K02804
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Chubu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
吉川 寛 中京大学, 国際英語学部, 教授 (90301639)
倉橋 洋子 東海学園大学, 経営学部, 教授 (10082372)
小宮 富子 岡崎女子大学, 子ども教育学部, 教授 (40205513)
下内 充 東海学院大学, 人間関係学部, 教授 (50249215)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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| Keywords | world Englishes / ELF / affective filter / anxiety / 国際英語論 / 心的障壁 / 不安 / World Englishes / WE / 英語教育 / Ｗｏｒｌｄ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈｅｓ / ＥＩＬ / ＥＬＦ / 言語自我 / 言語政策 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The objective of this study is to find out if numerous contacts with a viriety of English, i.e world Englishes in fact reduce the anxiety of learners of English in Japan or lower their wall of affective filters. If so, does that increase the amount of input, output, and interaction, which eventually leads to the development of higher English proficiency? To seek the answers to the above questions, we conducted a series of studies over three years. One of them is to find out if those who studied overseas with a large number of contacts with a variety of English speakers become more comfortable with different English accents including their own, which increases the confidence in using the language. We did find out that they become more confident with their own variety of English and less anxious about speaking English. We also developed some teaching materials with World Englishes in mind.Finally we proposed a model of World English from a pedagical point of view.
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