The Intuitive Social Dynamics of Authentic Language Teaching

• Project/Area Number: 24K04061
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Sophia University
• Principal Investigator: PINNER Richard 上智大学, 文学部, 准教授 (50742920)
• Project Period (FY): 2024-04-01 – 2029-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2028: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: Authenticity / intuition / Motivation / Language learning

Outline of Research at the Start

This inquiry will use practitioner research, autoethnographic observations and interviews with other practitioners to elucidate the complex nature of authenticity, focusing on how intuition and social dynamics play a role in teacher's practice and in-the-moment classroom decisions and beliefs about best educational practices in the Japanese English language classroom.