Audience awareness and communication strategies in school children's wiring

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23730823
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Education on school subjects and activities
Research Institution	Utsunomiya University
Principal Investigator	MORITA Kaori 宇都宮大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (20334021)
Project Period (FY)	2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	文章表現 / 相手意識 / 作文 / コミュニケーション方略 / 国際比較 / イギリス / 作文調査 / 作文指導 / 英国 / 発達過程
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study examined about communication strategies and audience awareness in children's wiring by international comparative research with Japan and UK. In this research, while Japanese children often changed the topic of their writing according to audience, British children added some information at word level for audience. The result of analysis children's writing from a developmental point of view showed that Japanese children had more complicated and various communication strategies than British children.