1995 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Preliminary Study of Nonverbal Acquisition in Intercultural Communication
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06680278
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Japanese language education
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| Research Institution | University of Electro-Communications |
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Principal Investigator |
IKEDA Yutaka The University of Electro-Communications International Student Center, Professor, 留学生センター, 教授 (60184438)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
IKEDA Tomoko Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Japanese Language Center for International S, 留学生日本語教育センター, 助教授 (00232190)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1994 – 1995
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| Keywords | nonverbal behavior / intercultural communication / Japanese as a second language (JSL) / second language acquisition / conversation analysis |
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| Research Abstract |
The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the role of head nods and gaze direction in intercultural communication. We also looked at changes in these nonverbal behaviors of learners of Japanese as their verbal competence increased over time. Specifically, we videotaped conversations in Japanese between international and Japanese students at three stages, namely, two months, six months, and ten months after the international students' arrival in Japan. The three stages correspond to elementary, intermediate, and pre-advanced levels respectively in terms of their proficiency. There were 20 international students from 8 countries, who were then enrolled in a JSL program prior to their college-level studies. For Indonesian students, the fourth conversations with Japanese college students were videotaped at the end of their first year in college to further explore their change in or acquisition of nonverbal behavior.
Videotaped conversations were transcribed, and nonverbal behavior (i.e., head nods and gaze direction) were coded on the "Verbal/Nonverbal Text" (Ikeda & Ikeda, 1996). Nonverbal aspects of communication were analyzed in relation to the nature of verbal messages : substantial utterance and aizuchi (backchanneling)-like utterance.
Findings from the study were published in the publications listed on the back of this form.
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