An examination into heritage language education through CLIL within Japan and the UK

• Project/Area Number: 18K00863
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Barry Kavanagh 東北大学, 高度教養教育・学生支援機構, 准教授 (80404820)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: CLIL / Heritage / Heritage Language / Supplementary schools / Teacher awarness / Teacher training / Bilingualism / Heritage language / SLA / Heritage Langauge

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The number of mixed marriages within Japan and the UK with one parent being Japanese has continued to increase over the last decade along with the number of children born within these international marriages. This phenomenon has enormous educational implications on how the bicultural children within these families learn and maintain their minority or heritage language. this longitudinal study will attempt to examine how CLIL can be adopted as an appropriate educational framework within Japan and the UK for the teaching of the heritage language and culture in the context of supplementary education.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Incorporating CLIL can benefit how heritage language learners can develop an affinity with their heritage language and culture, increase their motivation and develop both their heritage cultural identity as well as their ability in their L2.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] How can CLIL play a role in helping bicultural heritage language learners integrate their two languages and cultures? (2021)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Journal Title: Data Science in Collaboration Volume: 4 Pages: 43-49
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Potential of CLIL for Heritage Language Learners in the UK: A Case Study of a Japanese Language Supplementary School for Bicultural Bilingual Children (2020)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Journal Title: JJ-CLIL Journal published by the J-CLL association Volume: 2 Pages: 127-146
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The integration of two cultures and languages amongst bilingual bicultural children in the UK (2019)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Journal Title: JSLS proceedings Volume: なし Pages: 60-64
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] An examination into how CLIL can contribute to a young child’s heritage language and cultural identity: A case study of a Japanese language school for Anglo-Japanese children in the UK. (2018)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Journal Title: The 23rd Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics proceedings Journal. Volume: なし
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] The Role Heritage Language Input and the Language Environment has on the Development of Bilingualism in Bicultural Children: Case studies of families residing in Tohoku and Tokyo (2018)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Journal Title: 母語・継承語・バイリンガル教育（MHB）学会プロシーディング Volume: なし Pages: 104-106
• [Presentation] An examination into heritage language education through CLIL within the context of the European Japanese supplementary school (2022)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: 4th LSP International Conference (LSPIC 2022) and the 21st ESEA (English in Southeast Asia) International Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] What is the best way to teach learners of Japanese as a heritage language? The case for content and language integrated learning (CLIL) (2022)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: 2022 AATJ Spring Conference (American Association of Teachers of Japanese)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A three-year longitudinal study on the integration of two cultures among bilingual bicultural children residing in the UK and Japan (2021)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: Sociolinguistics Symposium 23, Hong Kong
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] CLIL and heritage language education: An examination of the Japanese language supplementary school (2021)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: Working CLIL 2021 International Colloquium
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Can CLIL be a good fit for heritage language education? (2021)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: J-CLIL Tohoku Special international online webinar
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The role of CLL in helping language learners integrate their two languages and culture: A case study of a Japanese language supplementary school for mixed race children (2020)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: Tsukuba Global Science Week
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] What is CLIL? Presenter and workshop organizer (2020)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: J-CLIL Symposium
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Sentence level and beyond: Helping students make the transition from BICS to CALP (2019)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: J-CLIL Tohoku Chapter conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] CLIL for heritage language learners in the UK: A case study of a Japanese language supplementary school for mixed-race children (2019)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: J-CLIL Tohoku Chapter conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The integration of two cultures and languages amongst bilingual bicultural children in the UK (2019)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] CLIL and heritage language education for bicultural bilingual children in the UK and Japan (2019)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: 日本CLIL教育学会（J-CLIL）第17回例会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] An introduction to CLIL (2019)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: Miyagi University FD
  • Invited
• [Presentation] An examination into how CLIL can contribute to a young child’s heritage language and cultural identity: A case study of a Japanese language school for Anglo-Japanese children in the UK. (2018)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: The 23rd Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics; Juntendo University, Japan
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The role heritage language input and the language environment has on the development of bilingualism in bicultural children: Case studies of families residing in Tohoku and Tokyo. (2018)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: 母語・継承語・バイリンガル教育（MHB学会.国際基督教大学
• [Presentation] The potential of CLIL as an effective pedagogy for the teaching and learning of heritage languages. A case study of a supplementary Japanese school in the UK. (2018)
  • Author(s): Barry Kavanagh
  • Organizer: 日本CLIL教育学会（J-CLIL）第１回大会 The 1st J-CLIL Annual Conference. 早稲田大学