The influence of different modes of virtual exchange on intercultural communicative competences
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22K00795
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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 | The University of Shimane |
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Principal Investigator |
E・A Kane 島根県立大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (40273916)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
江口 真理子 島根県立大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (00269523)
大室 Melissa・Huntley 島根県立大学, 国際関係学部, 講師 (30850987)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2022)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Keywords | Virtual Exchange / VE / ICC / Asynchronous exchange / Synchronous exchange / Video linking / telecollaboration / Action research / CLIL |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
1. What kind of contents are effective to improve ICC through VE at Japanese universities via synchronous and asynchronous modes of exchange?
2. Which elements of VE develop students’ ICC?
3. How can the teacher design VE to include more of the elements which led to students developing ICC?
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
We conducted month-long asynchronous exchange with USA and Morocco, and synchronous exchange with Mexico, China, Peru, and the USA. We held short intensive courses for Japanese and American students. We collected baseline data from new students, and from student groups involved with intercultural exchange listed above: one cohort of asynchronous exchanges conducted over the year; two cohorts of synchronous exchange conducted over both semesters; and two short intensive online courses.We presented at the Global Partners in Education conference (held online in 2022) "Who chooses to take Global Understanding courses?" We published "Action Research: Designing, Implementing, and Measuring Virtual Exchange to Increase students' Intercultural Competence" in SogoSeisakuRonso, pp.91-115.
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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
We conducted month-long asynchronous exchanges with USA and Morocco, and synchronous exchange with Mexico, China, Peru, and the USA. We held two short intensive courses for Japanese and American students.
We collected baseline data from new students, and from student groups involved with intercultural exchange listed above: one cohort of asynchronous exchanges conducted over the year; two cohorts of synchronous exchange conducted over both semesters; and two short intensive online courses. We were able to use both quantitative and qualitative data to show which modes of VE were more impactful.
Our findings are outlined in detail in the open access paper, "Action Research: Designing, Implementing, and Measuring Virtual Exchange to Increase students' Intercultural Competence".
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In 2023, we will elicit data from new students, and from student groups involved with intercultural exchange: one cohort of asynchronous exchanges conducted over the year; two cohorts of synchronous exchange conducted over both semesters; and two short intensive online courses.
Our presentation proposals for this research have been accepted by the Global Partners in Education Annual Conference (2023) in the USA, and JALT 2023 to be held in Tokyo.
We successfully bid to host the Global Partners in Education Annual Conference (2024)next May in Shimane, bringing together virtual educators from around the world to discuss collaboration and faculty development.
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