Learning from Great Speakers
Project/Area Number |
22K13170
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
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Research Institution | Nanzan University |
Principal Investigator |
MILES Richard 南山大学, 国際教養学部, 准教授 (90751602)
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Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2026-03-31
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Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2022)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
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Keywords | Rhetoric / Public speaking / Rhetorical techniques / Activists / English eduction |
Outline of Research at the Start |
This KAKENHI project seeks to build on the PI’s doctoral work analyzing the rhetorical techniques used by persuasive public speakers. The project will use findings from an analysis of influential international speeches to create authentic and challenging teaching materials on the use of rhetorical techniques in public speaking. These materials will be housed on an online website to provide much-needed pedagogical support for university language instructors of high-level English-speaking students.
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Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Stage 1 of the research project was carried out this year. This involved analyzing the use of rhetorical techniques in public speeches, employing Rowland's (2019) twelve categories of language strategies. The focus of the first study was on Japanese activists (Naoko Ishii, Shiori Ito, Seena Katayama, and Shiina Tsuyuki) delivering speeches in English. A qualitative analysis of their speeches (after being transcribed yielded several important findings. Firstly, all four speakers (two experienced and two novice speakers) utilized rhetorical techniques (RTs) frequently throughout their speeches. Secondly, interactive RTs were utilized more by the two experienced speakers. Thirdly, simpler RTs, such as parallel structure and repetition, were utilized more frequently. Fourthly, all four speakers utilized a combination of RTs to begin their speeches, typically including rhetorical questions to solicit audience involvement. Finally, irony was the least utilized RT.
The findings from this study were published in an international academic journal, and the article is now being considered for publication as a book chapter. The findings were also disseminated at two major international conferences.
This initial study will serve as a platform for future studies on other public speakers, which will ultimately feed into the creation of the Learning from Great Speakers (LGS) website to facilitate greater English instruction for High-level English-speaking students (HES).
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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
The project is progressing rather smoothly and as planned in the initial proposal. The first study was well received (both the published article and the two conference presentations).
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Strategy for Future Research Activity |
A follow-up study to the above study has already commenced, analyzing additional activists delivering public speeches to determine how they also employ RTs. An additional study on the prominence of rhetoric in English language presentation skills textbooks for Japanese university students has begun as well.
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Report
(1 results)
Research Products
(3 results)