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Addressing Japan's International TOEFL Ranking with an ''English for Liberal Arts'' Curricular Model for Colleges and Universities

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K00714
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
Research InstitutionJuntendo University

Principal Investigator

WADDEN Paul  順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (00238833)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 小野田 榮  順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (00296328)
野村 佑子  順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 助教 (20712954)
HALE Christopher  国際教養大学, 国際教養学部, 准教授 (40552360)
アメルズフォート マルセル  順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 先任准教授 (50771341)
城座 沙蘭  上智大学, 文学部, 助教 (70845114)
FERREIRA Daniel  上智大学, 言語教育研究センター, 講師 (90594094)
Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
KeywordsTOEFL
Outline of Research at the Start

This research study posits that the principal reason is that Japanese high school and university curricula focus largely on language skills and do not coherently build basic knowledge and vocabulary in the traditional fields of the liberal arts upon which the TOEFL is based. As action research testing this original hypothesis for the first time, this study will design and implement a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) curriculum in one of Japan’s newest faculties of liberal arts and measure the outcomes using the TOEFL exam.

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2021-08-30  

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