text comprehension and vocabulary difficulty of the national nurse's examination vs. NCLEX-RN : the appropriateness of the language

• Project/Area Number: 21520594
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Tsuda College (2011); St. Luke's College of Nursing (2009-2010)
• Principal Investigator: FUKAYA Keiko 津田塾大学, 言語文化研究所, 研究員 (00238445)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HORIBA Yukie 神田外語大学, 大学院・言語科学研究科, 教授 (40316831)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 第二言語習得理論 / 看護師国家試験 / 日本語 / 語彙 / テクスト理解 / 英語 / 外国人看護師

Research Abstract

The analysis of the past five years' tests reveals that many technical terms are written with extraordinary difficult kanji, and that many sentences are written without subjects and difficult to understand.
Foreign nurse candidates' poor results of the examination seem to be caused not only by language problems but also by their poor technical knowledge.
Hiragana text above kanji will be of help to some questions.
The findings of this research seem to have been employed for the improvement of the national nurse's examination.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 看護師国家試験における外国人候補者のテストパフォーマンス-テスト提示条件とテスト問題の影響を日本人看護師・日本人大学生との比較から探る (2011)
  • Author(s): 堀場裕紀江、深谷計子
  • Journal Title: 神田外語大学院紀要言語科学研究 Volume: 17 Pages: 67-86
  • NAID: 110008439969
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] インドネシア人看護師候補者の国家試験合格への道-三之町病院の取り組み (2011)
  • Author(s): 五十嵐博美、樋口博一、ヤレド・フェブリアン・フェルナンデス、リア・アグスティナ、深谷計子
  • Journal Title: 聖路加看護大学紀要 Volume: 37 Pages: 19-24
  • NAID: 120006977802
• [Journal Article] インドネシア人看護師候補者への日本語指導-ある病院での実践から (2011)
  • Author(s): 池田敦史、深谷計子、堀場裕紀江
  • Journal Title: 聖路加看護大学紀要 Volume: 37 Pages: 15-18
  • NAID: 120006977803
• [Journal Article] インドネシア人看護師候補者の国家試験合格への道:三之町病院の取り組み (2011)
  • Author(s): 五十嵐博美、樋口博一、ヤレド・フェブリアン・フェルナンデス、リア・アグスティナ、深谷計子
  • Journal Title: 聖路加看護大学紀要 Volume: 37 Pages: 19-24
  • NAID: 120006977802
• [Journal Article] インドネシア人看護師候補者への日本語指導:ある病院での実践から (2011)
  • Author(s): 池田敦史、深谷計子、堀場裕紀江
  • Journal Title: 聖路加看護大学紀要 Volume: 37 Pages: 15-18
  • NAID: 120006977803
• [Journal Article] 外国人看護師候補者のテストパフォーマンス--テスト提示条件とテスト問題の影響を日本人看護師と日本人大学生との比較から探る (2011)
  • Author(s): 堀場裕紀江、深谷計子
  • Journal Title: 神田外語大学大学院紀要 Volume: 17 Pages: 67-85
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 経済連携協定に基づき来日した看護師候補生の現状と問題点 (2010)
  • Author(s): 池田敦史、深谷計子、堀場裕紀江、菱田治子
  • Journal Title: 聖路加看護大学紀要 Volume: 36 Pages: 86-90
  • NAID: 120006977813
• [Journal Article] インドネシア人看護師にとっての日本看護師国家試験の困難点-言語の問題か、専門知識の問題か (2010)
  • Author(s): 堀場裕紀江、深谷計子
  • Journal Title: 世界日語教育大会台湾大会予稿集 Pages: 1-9
  • NAID: 120006994516
• [Journal Article] 経済連携協定に基づき来日した看護師候補生の現状と問題点 (2010)
  • Author(s): 池田敦史・深谷計子・堀場裕紀江・菱田治子
  • Journal Title: 聖路加看護大学紀要 36 Pages: 86-90
  • NAID: 120006977813
• [Presentation] Linguistic problems, technical knowledge problems, and sociocultural knowledge problems the foreign nurses face in the national examination in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Keiko Fukaya, Yukie Horiba
  • Organizer: AILA(国際応用言語学会)
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing, China
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-25
• [Presentation] Linguistic problems, technical knowledge problems, and socio-cultural knowledge problems the foreign nurses face in the national examination in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Keiko Fukaya, Yukie Horiba
  • Organizer: World Congress of Applied Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing China
• [Presentation] Is it a linguistic problem or a knowledge problem? Test performances of Indonesian nurse-candidates in Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): Yukie Horiba, Keiko Fukaya
  • Organizer: EUROSLA
  • Place of Presentation: Reggio Emilia, Italy
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-03
• [Presentation] Second language readers' memory for narrative texts : The effect of interest and causal reasoning (2010)
  • Author(s): Yukie Horiba, Keiko Fukaya
  • Organizer: EUROSLA
  • Place of Presentation: Reggio Emilia, Italy
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-02
• [Presentation] Second language readers' memory for narrative texts : The effect of interest and causal reasoning (2010)
  • Author(s): Yukie Horiba, Keiko Fukaya
  • Organizer: Society for Text & Discourse
  • Place of Presentation: Chicago, USA
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-17
• [Presentation] インドネシア人看護師にとっての日本看護師国家試験の困難点-言語の問題か、専門知識の問題か- (2010)
  • Author(s): 堀場裕紀江、深谷計子
  • Organizer: 世界日語教育大会台湾大会
  • Place of Presentation: 台北、台湾
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-31
• [Presentation] Is it a linguistic problem or a knowledge problem? Test performances of Indonesian nurse-candidates in Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): Yukie Horiba, Keiko Fukaya, Takashi Saito
  • Organizer: European Second Language Association
  • Place of Presentation: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia(Italy)
• [Presentation] Second language readers' memory for narrative texts : The effect of interest and causal reasoning (2010)
  • Author(s): Yukie Horiba, Keiko Fukaya
  • Organizer: European Second Language Association
  • Place of Presentation: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia(Italy)
• [Presentation] Second language readers' memory for narrative texts : The effect of interest and causal reasoning (2010)
  • Author(s): Yukie Horiba, Keiko Fukaya
  • Organizer: Society for Text & Discourse
  • Place of Presentation: Chicago Illinois(USA)
• [Presentation] インドネシア人看護師にとっての日本看護師国家試験の困難点-言語の問題か、専門知識の問題か (2010)
  • Author(s): 堀場裕紀江、深谷計子
  • Organizer: 世界日語教育大会台湾大会
  • Place of Presentation: National Chengchi University、Taipei Taiwan
• [Presentation] 外国人看護師が国家試験受験で直面する困難は、言語に関わるものか内容知識に関わるものか (2010)
  • Author(s): 深谷計子、堀場裕紀江、齋藤隆、菱田治子
  • Organizer: 日本第二言語習得学会
  • Place of Presentation: 岐阜大学
• [Presentation] Topic Interest, Language Proficiency, Relevance, and Causal Reasoning in L2 Text Comprehension (2009)
  • Author(s): 深谷計子・堀場裕紀江
  • Organizer: British Association for Applied Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: Newcastle(UK)
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-04
• [Book] Research and Implementation (2012)
  • Author(s): Horiba, Yukie、Fukaya, Keiko
  • Publisher: Benjamin's Publishing Company
• [Book] Task-Based Language Teaching in Foreign Language Contexts : Research and Implementation (2012)
  • Author(s): Yukie Horiba, Keiko Fukaya
  • Publisher: John Benjamin's Publishing Company(現在印刷中)