2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Influence of Intercultural Educational Programs on Attitudes, Behavior, and Affect
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11680288
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
教科教育
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| Research Institution | Kansai University |
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Principal Investigator |
YASHIMA Tomoko Kansai University, Institute of Foregin Language Education and Research, Professor, 外国語教育研究機構, 教授 (60210233)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TANKA Tomoko Okayama University, Faculty of Letters, Associate professor, 文学部, 助教授 (40227153)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Keywords | intercultural contact / L2 communication / communication anxiety / intercultural communication competence / language learning motivaiton / intercultural adjustment |
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| Research Abstract |
The objectives of the research are to investigate whethor intercultural experience affects the sojourners' 1) motivation to learn English, 2) willingness to communicate, anxiety and confidence in L2 communication, 3) attitudes to different cultures, 4) international posture, and 5) communicative competence in L2.In 1999, questionnaires were developed and administered to three groups of Japanese learners of English for the preliminary study. One of them were Japanese high school students who left Japan in 1999 to study in the U.S. for one year. For this group a follow-up study was made three weeks after the arrival in the U.S. In 2000, the same questionnaires were administered to the second cohort of the high school sojourners, before their departure and three weeks later. A statistical analysis showed that communication anxiety reduced significantly during the three weeks
The third year, 2002 was spent mostly on data analyses and presentation of the results. By combining the new data gained during the three years with the old data we had accumulatcd, a number of new insights were gained. For example, an analysis through structural equation modeling demonstrated that attitudes to different cultures and international posture affected the level of motivation to learn L2, which in turn predicted communicative competence and communication confidence in L2.These results were presented in a domestic conference and were accepted by international journals for publication.
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