Boosting the conference competence of Japanese university students
Project/Area Number |
21K00708
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
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Research Institution | Kagawa University |
Principal Investigator |
Willey IanDavid 香川大学, 大学教育基盤センター, 准教授 (90403774)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
鈴木 裕美 香川大学, 医学部, 助教 (00644733)
G・M McCrohan 香川大学, 大学教育基盤センター, 准教授 (20448351)
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Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2022)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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Keywords | International Posture / Survey / Opinion / Anxiety / WTC / Communication skills / conference / international posture / applied improvisation / in-service learning |
Outline of Research at the Start |
This project aims to boost the conference competence of Japanese university students through mini-lessons in English classes. Assessing the efficacy of mini-lessons will be done through pre-post International Surveys and focus group interviews in each year of the project.
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Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In the spring and fall semesters of 2022, intervention studies were conducted in over 11 General English classes and with nearly 200 student participants (in their first and second years). Students in the intervention courses took part in weekly multi-modal assignments using Moodle, in which students practiced developing and expressing opinions about international topics. Students in the control group received no such practice. All students filled in the International Posture (IP) survey in the first and last class meeting of each semester. Results were analyzed statistically to identify whether the activities increased students' IP scores. Non-parametric analyses were employed. For the first semester, no statistical differences were identified in terms of IP gains in both the intervention and control groups. However, through background information gathered on the surveys it was found that students' experiences using English outside of classes in high school correlated with IP more strongly than experience abroad. Data collected in the fall semester is currently undergoing statistical analysis.
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Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
In terms of our research aims, this research project is progressing in a timely fashion. There are no significant delays to report.
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Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In 2023, pre-course/post-course IP surveys will continue with an expanded number of university student participants. Third-year students in a content-based course (Medical English I) will also be surveyed to identify the effect that content-based instruction has on students' IP. In addition, to enhance the quantitative data collected over the past two years, qualitative data will be collected in the form of students' written responses to tasks intended to elicit their opinions about international issues. This qualitative data will undergo text-mining analysis to identify common themes.
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Report
(2 results)
Research Products
(9 results)