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A study of Economics graduates' use of English at work: To raise awareness of English learning objectives

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370643
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan University

Principal Investigator

KIRIMURA RYO  立命館大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (40584090)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 清水 裕子  立命館大学, 経済学部, 教授 (60216108)
吉村 征洋  摂南大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (90524471)
廣森 友人  明治大学, 国際日本学部, 准教授 (30448378)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords英語教育 / ESP / 大学教育 / 学習目的 / 卒業生調査 / 動機づけ / 経済学部 / 目的意識 / 大学英語教育 / 英語使用実態 / 学習動機
Outline of Final Research Achievements

To raise students' awareness of English learning objectives in the context of social science colleges, conducted were two rounds of a questionnaire survey of third-year alumni from College of Economics at a major private university. With 125 and 192 responses respectively, the results revealed that about 45 percent currently used English at work in the past year, making a remarkable contrast with a large sample survey claiming that only about 12 percent of adult Japanese use English at work. Also shown was that studying abroad and studying English were the top two of what the respondents thought students should work hard on when in college.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 卒業3年後の経済学部生を対象とした質問紙調査の分析2016

    • Author(s)
      桐村亮・清水裕子
    • Journal Title

      立命館経済学

      Volume: 64, 4 Pages: 75-87

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] An alumni survey to affect students' awareness of English learning objectives in Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Kirimura・Yuko Shimizu・Tomohito Hiromori・Masahiro Yoshimura
    • Organizer
      The 19th International Conference and Workshop on TEFL & Applied Linguistics
    • Place of Presentation
      Taoyuan City (Taiwan), Ming Chuan University
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] To Help Japanese University Students Gain a Clear Future Image of themselves as Users of the L2 after Graduation: A Preliminary Survey2016

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Kirimura, Tomohito Hiromori, Masahiro Yoshimura
    • Organizer
      Language In Focus 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Istanbul (Turkey)
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-11
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 経済学部卒業3年後アンケート調査2016

    • Author(s)
      桐村亮
    • Organizer
      大学英語教育学会関西支部ESP研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      キャンパスプラザ京都(京都府京都市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-02-27
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 卒業3年後の自分:就職先での英語使用実態2015

    • Author(s)
      桐村亮
    • Organizer
      大学英語教育学会第54回国際大会
    • Place of Presentation
      鹿児島大学(鹿児島県)
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-30
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Need of Cultivating the Sense of Belongingness in an EFL program for the Economics Students2014

    • Author(s)
      Ryo Kirimura, Masahiro Yoshimura, Yuko Shimizu
    • Organizer
      AILA World Congress 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      Brisbane (Australia)
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-14
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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