Development of an online system to support English-medium instruction in science and engineering

• Project/Area Number: 24300273
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Kunioshi Nilson 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (30254577)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Noguchi Judy 神戸学院大学, グローバル・コミュニケーション学部, 教授 (30351787) ; Tojo Kazuko 大阪女学院大学, 国際・英語学部, 教授 (20258346) ; Hayashi Hiroko 大阪大学, 国際教育交流センター, 非常勤講師 (90437377)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥13,910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,210,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥5,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,260,000)
• Keywords: 英語による教授法 / 理工系講義ディスコース / 科学教授法 / 講義コーパス / 講義ディスコース / 科学教育 / 授業コーパス / 英語による教育 / discourse analysis / English medium / science pedagogy / 言語支援 / 教授法支援 / faculty development / CLIL

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to support teachers and students who are involved in English-medium instruction and are nonnative English speakers, we built the Online Corpus of Academic Lectures (OnCAL, http://www.oncal.sci.waseda.ac.jp/) from 430 lecture transcripts made available by MIT and Stanford University. We identified various pedagogical functions, which are related to different types of explanations in the classroom discourse, so that OnCAL users can see in detail how native English speakers use language in the classroom to realize each pedagogical purpose.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Supporting English-medium pedagogy through an online corpus of science and engineering lectures (2016)
  • Author(s): Nilson Kunioshi, Judy Noguchi, Kazuko Tojo, Hiroko Hayashi
  • Journal Title: European Journal of Engineering Education Volume: 41 Issue: 3 Pages: 293-303
  • DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2015.1056104
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Supporting English-medium pedagogy through an online corpus of science and engineering lectures (2015)
  • Author(s): Nilson Kunioshi, Judy Noguchi, Kazuko Tojo, and Hiroko Hayashi
  • Journal Title: European Journal of Engineering Education Volume: in press
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Identifying English words and expressions used frequently in a corpus of science and engineering lectures (2012)
  • Author(s): Nilson Kunioshi, Judy Noguchi, Kazuko Tojo, Hiroko Hayashi
  • Journal Title: e-Learning教育研究 Volume: 7 Pages: 49-54
  • NAID: 110009829889
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Explanations of mathematical equations in science and engineering lectures (2015)
  • Author(s): Nilson Kunioshi, Judy Noguchi, Kazuko Tojo
  • Organizer: ICERI2015
  • Place of Presentation: Seville, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-18
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Using an online corpus of science and engineering lectures to analyse explanatory discourse (2015)
  • Author(s): Nilson Kunioshi, Judy Noguchi, Kazuko Tojo
  • Organizer: ESERA2015
  • Place of Presentation: Helsinki, Finland
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-31
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Analyzing pedagogical link-making devices in science classroom language using an online corpus of science and engineering lectures (2015)
  • Author(s): Nilson Kunioshi, Judy Noguchi, Kazuko Tojo, and Hiroko Hayashi
  • Organizer: INTED2015 Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Madrid, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-02 – 2015-03-05
• [Presentation] Fostering content and language integration with an online corpus of science and engineering lectures (2014)
  • Author(s): Nilson Kunioshi, Judy Noguchi, Kazuko Tojo, and Hiroko Hayashi
  • Organizer: AILA World Congress 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Brisbane, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-10 – 2014-08-15
• [Presentation] Formality and politeness markers in English and Japanese corpora of scientific lectures and presentations (2014)
  • Author(s): Judy Noguchi, Kazuko Tojo, Hiroko Hayashi, and Nilson Kunioshi
  • Organizer: AILA World Congress 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Brisbane, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-10 – 2014-08-15
• [Presentation] OnCAL, the Online Corpus of Academic Lectures, an English language support system for university science and engineering instructors (2012)
  • Author(s): Nilson Kunioshi, Judy Noguchi, Kazuko Tojo, Hiroko Hayashi
  • Organizer: The 60th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society of Engineering Education, International Session
  • Place of Presentation: 芝浦工科大学, 東京
  • Year and Date: 2012-08-23
• [Presentation] Language Support for Teachers and Students in Engineering via a Lecture Corpus Interface
  • Author(s): Nilson Kunioshi, Judy Noguchi, Kazuko Tojo, and Hiroko Hayashi
  • Organizer: Language for Specific Purposes 2013
  • Place of Presentation: University of Vienna
• [Presentation] Identifying Pedagogical Functions in University Science and Engineering Lectures
  • Author(s): Nilson Kunioshi, Judy Noguchi, Kazuko Tojo, and Hiroko Hayashi
  • Organizer: New Perspectives in Science Education 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Hotel Mediterraneo, Firenze
• [Book] English-Medium Instruction in Japanese Higher Education: Policy, Challenges, and Outcomes (2016)
  • Author(s): Nilson Kunioshi, Harushige Nakakoji
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• [Remarks] Online Corpus of Academic Lectures
  • URL: http://www.oncal.sci.waseda.ac.jp/
• [Remarks] OnCAL, The Online Corpus of Academic Lectures
  • URL: http://www.oncal.sci.waseda.ac.jp/
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  • URL: http://www.oncal.sci.waseda.ac.jp/