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The influence of different modes of virtual exchange on intercultural communicative competences

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22K00795
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 InstitutionThe University of Shimane

Principal Investigator

E・A Kane  島根県立大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (40273916)

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)
Project Period (FY) 2022-04-01 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
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)
KeywordsVirtual Exchange / ICC / VE / telecollaboration / Asynchronous exchange / Synchronous exchange / Video linking / Action research / CLIL
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?

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

This year, we increased the number of synchronous virtual exchange (VE) courses to three semester-long courses, and four asynchronous VE month-long courses with the US, North Macedonia, and Peru. Domestic virtual exchange on internationalisation was also conducted by university students for high school students. Data was collected from all new first year students as a baseline, students from the three synchronous VE courses, and student taking two of the asynchronous VE courses.
In addition to quantitative data, reflections from participating students were also collected and analyzed. We presented our results at Global Partners in Education conference at East Carolina University,in North Carolina, USA and at the Japan Association of Language Teachers, Tsukuba, Japan.

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 synchronous and asynchronous courses are well populated and we have collected pre-course post-course quantitative data and multiple sources of qualitative data. We showed that synchronous VE is much more effective than asynchronous VE.
However, post Covid student mobility has increased and there is less demand for voluntary VE in the form of language partners and domestic VE. We found that the instrument we chose is time consuming for students and teachers, and we will look for a new tool this year. Throughout 2023 we planned for the Global Partners in Education conference, the annual meeting of researchers, faculty, and technical support staff engaged in VE through this network.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

This year we have three synchronous VE courses, and four month-long asynchronous courses. Two faculty will teach them for the first time, adding to the sustainability of our VE. Quantitative data, interviews, and reflections will be collected. Students who took part in VE will present alongside faculty at the Global Partners in Education conference to be held in May 2024 in Japan for the first time. Domestic virtual exchange concerning study abroad will be conducted once a month. Deeper exchange with a Polish institution is planned to enhance our engagement with Europe. We hope to present at the JALT International Conference in November to share our findings domestically, and intend to write a paper on our three-year project.

Report

(2 results)
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2023 2022

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Action research : designing, implementing, and measuring virtual exchange to increase students’ intercultural competence2022

    • Author(s)
      KANE, Eleanor, EGUCHI, Mariko, HUNTLEY, Melissa
    • Journal Title

      総合政策論叢

      Volume: 44 Pages: 91-115

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] AGU and Measuring Students’ ICC2023

    • Author(s)
      HUNTLEY, Melissa, KANE, Eleanor, & EGUCHI, Mariko,
    • Organizer
      Global Partners in Education
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Asynchronous virtual exchange for ICC and language skills2023

    • Author(s)
      HUNTLEY, Melissa, & KANE, Eleanor,
    • Organizer
      Japan Association of Language Teachers
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Who chooses to take Global Understanding courses?2022

    • Author(s)
      KANE, Eleanor, EGUCHI, Mariko, HUNTLEY, Melissa
    • Organizer
      Global Partners in Education
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2022-04-19   Modified: 2024-12-25  

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