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Analysing the factors impeding the degrees of Willingness to Communiate in English

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24520722
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionResearch Institute, International Medical Center of Japan

Principal Investigator

MATSUOKA RIeko  独立行政法人国立国際医療研究センター, その他部局等, 研究員 (20469977)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) POOLE Gregory  同志社大学, 教授 (60307147)
MATSUMOTO Kahoko  東海大学, 教授 (30349427)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) JOHNSON Michel  室蘭工業大学, 准教授
TSUTSUMI Rie  立教大学, 講師
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsコミュニケーション意欲 / コミュニケーション不安 / other-directedness / 世間体 / Other-directedness / 世間・世間体 / 質問紙構築 / 他意識 / 自己効力感 / 外方向意識
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The social anthropological factors were explored in order to find the causes leading Japanese college students with sufficient English proficiency and motivation of communication to be hesitant in communicating in English. The questionnaire consisting of 238 items from previous studies was tried with Japanese college students several times, and as a result, the number of items was reduced into 42 items. The final version of questionnaire was administered to Japanese students and Italian students, and the Japanese social anthropological factors such as other-directedness were revealed. In addition, for the pedagogical application for raising the degree of willingness to communicate, the presentation in English in class as a part of extensive reading was found to be effective among many Japanese students.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (30 results)

All 2014 2013 2012

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (24 results) (of which Invited: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Japanese University Students’ Willingness to Communicate in English: The Serendipitous Effect of Oral Presentations2014

    • Author(s)
      Matsuoka, R., Matsumoto, K., Poole, G., and Matsuoka, M。
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics

      Volume: 18(1), Pages: 193-218

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Socio-psychological analysis of digital employment among Japanese English learners.2014

    • Author(s)
      Matsuoka, R.
    • Journal Title

      Social and Behavioral Sciences

      Volume: 135 Pages: 54-58

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Does language form our thoughts?2014

    • Author(s)
      Matsuoka, R.
    • Journal Title

      East European Journal of Psycholinguistics

      Volume: 1 Pages: 138-145

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Autonomy and self-efficacy of college students for independent difital learning in their dead times2014

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka and Ali Rahimi
    • Journal Title

      Internation Technology, Eduation and Development.

      Volume: 7 Pages: 5636-5645

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Exploring the optimal employment of digital pedagogy in the Japanese classrooms from socio-psychological perspectives2013

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka
    • Journal Title

      ELT Quarterly

      Volume: 16 Pages: 3-15

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Willingness to communicate: the effect of conference participation on students' L2 apprehension2012

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka
    • Journal Title

      The Asian Conferenc on Language Learning 2012 Official Conference Proceedings

      Volume: 1 Pages: 153-164

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] A study in Cross-nation Similarities and Differences in Attitudes and Approaches to Learning English as a Foreign language2014

    • Author(s)
      Anderson, R. & Matsuoka, R. '
    • Organizer
      3rd International Conference on Cultures and Languages in Contact
    • Place of Presentation
      El Jadida, Morocco
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-04 – 2014-12-05
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Transforming extensive reading (input) into making a speech (output), and boosting Japanese learners’ willingness to communicate in English.2014

    • Author(s)
      Matsuoka, R. & Matsumoto, K. .
    • Organizer
      Annual Conference of British Association of Applied Linguistics
    • Place of Presentation
      Coventry, the United Kingdom
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-04 – 2014-09-06
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Why do even hardworking Japanese students communicate poorly in English2014

    • Author(s)
      Matsuoka, R. & Matsumoto, K.
    • Organizer
      53rd International Congress of JACET
    • Place of Presentation
      Hiroshima, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-28 – 2014-08-30
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Socio-psychological structure of Japanese ‘good’ learners: Analysis of large-scale survey data and in-depth interview data2014

    • Author(s)
      Matsuoka, R. .
    • Organizer
      World Congress of AILA
    • Place of Presentation
      Brisbane, Australia
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-10 – 2014-08-15
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Does ‘language’ form our thoughts?2014

    • Author(s)
      Matsuoka, R. .
    • Organizer
      International Psycholinguistic Conference: Challenges of Psycholinguistics and Psychology of Speech.
    • Place of Presentation
      Lusk, the Republic of Ukraine
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-16 – 2014-05-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Issues of education of communication in interaction for surviving in global society2014

    • Author(s)
      Matsuoka, R.
    • Organizer
      International Psycholinguistic Conference: Challenges of Psycholinguistics and Psychology of Speech
    • Place of Presentation
      Lusk, the Republic of Ukraine,
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-16 – 2014-05-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Socio-psychological structure of Japanese learners2014

    • Author(s)
      Matsuoka, R.
    • Organizer
      First International Scientific Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Sulaimaniyah, the Republic of Iraq
    • Year and Date
      2014-04-01 – 2014-04-02
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Japanese society and its people from historical perspectives2014

    • Author(s)
      Matsuoka, R.
    • Organizer
      First International Scientific Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Sulaimaniyah, the Republic of Iraq
    • Year and Date
      2014-04-01
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] How to motivate students to speak2014

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka, Kahoko Matsumoto
    • Organizer
      the 10th CamTESOL Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Phnon Penh, Cambodia
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Autonomy and self-efficacy of college students for independent digital laerning in their dead times2014

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka, Ali Rahimi
    • Organizer
      INTED International Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Valencia, Spain
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Transforming extensive reading (input) into making a speech (output), and boosting their levels of willingness to communicate2014

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka
    • Organizer
      言語教育エキスポ2014
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Politeness strategies at healthcare communication at 'difficult times' from manga discourse2013

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka, Gregory Poole
    • Organizer
      International Society for Language Studies
    • Place of Presentation
      San Juan, Puerto Rico
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Linguisitc relativity and universality of zero-pronouns in rakugo translation2013

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka, Ian Smith
    • Organizer
      International Congress of International Society of Applied Psycholinguistics
    • Place of Presentation
      Moscow, Russia
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Developing an effective questionnaire to investigate learners' multilayered structure2013

    • Author(s)
      Trieko Matsuoka, Kahoko Matsumoto, Rie Tsutsumi
    • Organizer
      International Conference of Pan-pacific Association of Applied Linguistics
    • Place of Presentation
      Suwon, Korea
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] How to foster future nurses to be (more) communicative in English2013

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka, Kahoko Matsumoto
    • Organizer
      JACET International Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Politeness strategies at healthcare communication at 'difficult times'2013

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka, Gregory Poole
    • Organizer
      The 13th International Association of Pragmatics Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Deli, India
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Exploring the impeding factores for 'good' Japanese learners from being 'good' English communicators2013

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka, Gregory Poole, Michael Johnson, Rie Tsutsumi
    • Organizer
      the 11th Asia TEFL International Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Manila, the Phillipines
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Social anthropological structure of Japanese 'good' learners of English2013

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka, Kahoko Matsumoto
    • Organizer
      the 12th International Association for Language and Intercultural Communication
    • Place of Presentation
      Hong Kong, China
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Socio-psychological analysis of digital employment among Japanese English learners2013

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka
    • Organizer
      Global Conference on Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching
    • Place of Presentation
      Antalya, Turkey
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Developing an effective questionnaire for investigating the impeding factors2013

    • Author(s)
      Kahoko Matsumoto, Rieko Matsuoka, Gregory Poole
    • Organizer
      The 9th CamTESOL Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Phnom Penh, Cambodia
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Willingness to communicate: The effect of conference participation on students' L2 apprehension.2012

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka
    • Organizer
      The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2012
    • Place of Presentation
      Osaka, Japan
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Investigating the underlying factors that impede 'good' English learners from communicating in English2012

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka, Rie Tsutsumi, Kahoko Matsumoto
    • Organizer
      Pan-pacific Association of Applied Linguistics International Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Beijing, China
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Linguistic relativity and univesality of zero-pronouns in rakugo translation2012

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka, Ian Smith
    • Organizer
      International Conference of Communication of Certainity and Uncertainty
    • Place of Presentation
      Macerata, Italy
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Investigating the underlying factors that impede 'good' English learners from communicating in English2012

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Matsuoka, Kahoko Matsumoto, Rie Tsutsumi, Gregory Poole, Johnson Michael
    • Organizer
      International Association of Language and Itnercultural Communication, International Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Durham, the UK
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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