International comparative research on children's development of audience awareness in their writing

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20730546
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Education on school subjects and activities
Research Institution	Utsunomiya University
Principal Investigator	MORITA Kaori Utsunomiya University, 教育学部, 准教授 (20334021)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords	文章表現 / 相手意識 / 作文 / 発達過程 / 国際比較 / イギリス / メタ認知
Research Abstract	Children often adjust their language in their writing according to audience. In this research, both Japanese and British children adjust their expression at word, visual, quantity level. Japanese children especially have various means to adjust their expression. Moreover, they have metacognition of their adjustments at letter and visual level in their writing process.