2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Empirical Research into Foreign Language Education Aiming at Multicultural Coexistence: Development of International Learning Communities through ICT
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15202013
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Akita University |
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Principal Investigator |
SASAKI Masako (島崎 雅子) Akita University, Faculty of Education and Human Studies, Associate Professor (00292392)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIYAMOTO Ritsuko Akita University, Faculty of Education and Human Studies, Professor (30200215)
KONO Minoru 秋田大学, Emeritus Professor (40042288)
KONDO Kimio National Institute of Multimedia Ecucation, Research and Development Department, Professor (40249925)
URANO Hiroshi Akita University, Faculty of Education and Human Studies, Professor (50185089)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2006
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| Keywords | Foreign Language Education / Multicultural Coexistence / ICT / International Learning Community / Education for Intercultural / International Understanding / Distance Joint Class / International Information Exchange / Australia: Korea: Hawaii: Thailand |
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| Research Abstract |
The present empirical research was intended to further develop foreign language education and intercultural education from a global perspective.
The influence of foreign language learning on learners' cross-cultural attitudes and their consciousness of multicultural coexistence were investigated by an international collaborative research with researchers in Brisbane, Australia and a local research in Akita, Japan. The subjects of the former survey research were junior and senior high school students in Akita while the subjects of the latter were first-year students at Akita University and the Japanese Red Cross Junior College of Akita. It was revealed from both surveys that teaching methods and language learning activities had affected learners' cross-cultural attitudes. The results of the collaborative survey research were presented in a research report entitled“Language Learning and Cross-Cultural Attitudes: An International Study of the Attitudes of Japanese Students of English (Ingram, Kono, ONeill,& Sasaki)."
Foreign language education aiming at multicultural coexistence was conducted in the following 5 major forms: essay exchange and collaborative work by Japanese and Korean students, oral communication education with a topic of multicultural coexistence, follow-up research on joint class between Griffith University and Akita University, scenario writing for Strategic Interaction and presentation with PowerPoint on the theme of multicultural coexistence (developed into distant educational exchange with Kapiolani Community College in Hawaii), and Community Involvement Learning with international exchange students and Assistant Language Teacheras. All of these indicated that the students became highly motivated at the end of each research.
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