1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Resarch on Foreign Language Teaching in North America
| Project/Area Number |
09041021
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Field Research |
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| Research Field |
教科教育
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| Research Institution | HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMADA Jun HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY Fac.Integ.Arts & Sci.Professor, 総合科学部, 助教授 (00116691)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
LAUER Joseph Institute for Foreign Language Research and Teaching, 助教授 (70263639)
YOSHIDA Mitsnobu HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY Fac.Integ.Arts & Sci.Associate Professor, 総合科学部, 助教授 (90182790)
SKAER Peter HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY Fac.Integ.Arts & Sci.Associate Professor, 総合科学部, 助教授 (20253031)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997
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| Keywords | Ontario Institute of Studies for Education / Michigan State University / UCLA / HU / Applied linguistics |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to improve the quality of Hiroshima University's new Institute for Foreign Language Research and Education, J.L.and J.Y.went on a two-week fact-finding mission to the University of Toronto and Michigan State University in September 1997. The researchers conducted many hours of interviews with faculfy members, videotaped lessons, talked to graduate students and ESL students, and tried to ascertain what aspects of those programs should be adopted by Hiroshima University.
P.S.& M.Y.visited University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Hawaii (UH) in order to accomplish several goals. In general, to establish a successful language education and research center at Hiroshima University, the researchers were interested in learning about how UCLA and UH provided foreign language training on their campuses. Specifically, six areas were studies : (1) Program management, (2) Evaluation and testing, (3) Research, development, and the curriculum, (4) personnel, (5) Facility operation, and(6) Finances.
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