A psychological research on immersion education in Japan

• Project/Area Number: 26380910
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: Inoue Tomoyoshi 同志社大学, 社会学部, 教授 (40151617)
• Research Collaborator: IMAI Shin'ichi
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: イマージョン教育 / 二言語使用 / 英語教育 / バイリンガル / 教育方法 / 第二言語習得 / 英語能力 / メモリスパン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A psychological investigatiions were conducted in Gunma Kokusai Academy where immersion program is implemented in order to reveal the educational effects on their students performances and the possible improvements on their educational methods. The following outcomes have been shown: (1) The English overall skills have been very much improved as expected.(2) The students have become the balanced bilinguals, especially when they experienced early immersion program.(3) "Early Immersion" turned to be better than "Late Immersion" and they seem to be satisfied with their experinces at school.(4)The positive meaning was confirmed for the bilingual education of a certain subject.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Students’ psychological evaluations on the immersion program at a Japanese school. (2017)
  • Author(s): Inoue, T. & Imai, S.
  • Organizer: 2017 ECDP (European Conference on Developmental Psychology)
  • Place of Presentation: オランダ、ユトレヒト市、ユトレヒト大学
  • Year and Date: 2017-08-29
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The outcomes of English immersion program in Japan and their language development (2015)
  • Author(s): Inooue, Tomoyoshi, & Imai, Shin'ichi
  • Organizer: European Association of Developmental Psychology 2015
  • Place of Presentation: Braga, Portual
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-08 – 2015-09-12
• [Presentation] How children's second language proficiency improved in an English immersion school in Japan. (2015)
  • Author(s): Inoue, T. & Imai, S.
  • Organizer: ECDP (European Association of Developmental Psychology) 2015
  • Place of Presentation: Portugal, Braga
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-08
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] イマージョン・プログラムを受けた生徒の英語能力に関する研究 (2015)
  • Author(s): 今井信一・井上智義
  • Organizer: 教育心理学会第５７回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 新潟コンベンションセンター
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-26 – 2015-08-28
• [Book] 特別支援と福祉の教育 (2017)
  • Author(s): 中瀬浩一・井上智義
  • Total Pages: 178
  • Publisher: 樹村房
• [Book] 教育の原理：歴史・哲学・心理からのアプローチ (2016)
  • Author(s): 光川康雄・中川吉晴・井上智義
  • Total Pages: 178
  • Publisher: 樹村房
• [Remarks] 同志社大学研究者データベース、研究者情報 井上智義
  • URL: https://kenkyudb.doshisha.ac.jp/rd/html/japanese/researchersHtml/192002/192002_Researcher.html