Heritage language literacy development in Japanese-educated children
| Project/Area Number |
21K00740
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
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| Research Institution | International Christian University |
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Principal Investigator |
QUAY Suzanne 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 教授 (70276442)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
中村 ジェニス 神奈川大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (10622136)
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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 |
¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
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| Keywords | biliteracy / English writing / bilingualism / weekend school / home language / bicultural / bilingual / heritage language / weekend schools / English literacy / Japan |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
Children’s progress in English writing will be monitored longitudinally for three years along with their home language and weekend school practices. This study then determines how Japanese-English bilingual children in weekend schools successfully attain English literacy skills.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
We have produced two research papers this year. One has been published in a peer-reviewed domestic journal. The other has been accepted for publication in an international peer-reviewed paper. We also have a third paper that is currently under review.
Our findings were also presented orally at an international conference at the University of Hawaii (Hilo) on March 1, 2023.
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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
Our project is progressing smoothly because we have reported part of our findings in two publications with one more paper under review. We have collected most of the data we need.Many children who participated in our study have completed their third or fourth English literacy assessments. We will report our final findings in a fourth research paper.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In FY 2023, we will assess the remaining participants who have not taken their third or fourth assessments. We will write up the results from our three-year study in an additional (fourth) paper. As an extension of our project, we also plan to assess the children's English reading. The additional assessment will provide us with a larger pool of participants to support our findings from the writing assessments.
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Report
(2 results)
Research Products
(4 results)
