The potential of using student-conducted ethnographic research as a formative assessment tool in CLIL and EMI courses

• Project/Area Number: 24K04145
• 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: Meijo University
• Principal Investigator: P・D Wicking 名城大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (90725285)
• Project Period (FY): 2024-04-01 – 2027-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
• Keywords: CLIL / EMI / assessment / ethnography

Outline of Research at the Start

This project will engage university students in first-hand sociological research. They will participate in an international community event while observing and taking notes, in order to write an academic research report to present their findings.