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2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Basic research for the integration of discourse studies and the teaching of Japanese and for developing multi-media language material for trial purposes

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15320064
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Japanese language education
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Foreign Studies

Principal Investigator

USAMI Mayumi  Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, The Graduate School of Area and Cultural Studies, Professor, 大学院地域文化研究科, 教授 (90255894)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NISHIGORI Jiro  Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Urban Liberal Arts, Professor, 都市教養学部, 教授 (20228175)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2006
Keywordsdiscourse studies / teaching of Japanese / multimedia language materials / natural conversation analysis / corpus of spoken Japanese language / conversation education / Basic Transcription System for Japanese / e-Learning
Research Abstract

The purposes of this research are to integrate discourse studies and the teaching of Japanese using the results of information engineering studies. Further, this research aims to construct a corpus of spoken Japanese and to develop preliminary multi-media language materials for fostering natural communications skills using the corpus.
<Summary of the results of the research for the integration of discourse studies and the teaching of Japanese>
1. A corpus of spoken language on a multilingual and multipurpose basis was constructed.
2. An investigation of "discourse studies" and "Foreign education and Japanese language education using the Web" was constructed.
3. A multifunctional program for tabulating the coding and transcribing spoken language using Basic Transcription System for Japanese (BTSJ) was developed.
4. The first version of Basic Transcription System for Korean (BTSK), Basic Transcription System Chinese (BTSC) and Basic Transcription System English (BTSE) were developed.
5. A part of the corpus of spoken Japanese was opened to the public to share it by wide application.
6. The research using the corpus constructed in this research was conducted.
<Summary of the development of preliminary multi-media language materials>
1. Multi-media language materials for fostering natural communication skills using the corpus were developed.
<Summary of the entire research>
1. In this research, the core of e-Learning teaching materials using natural conversation was developed ahead of the times.
2. The results of this research were presented at domestic and international academic societies.
3. A symposium was held to report and discuss the outcome of this research and to exchange information.

  • Research Products

    (28 results)

All 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003

All Journal Article (28 results)

  • [Journal Article] 自然会話の教材化とディスコース・ポライトネス理論1 : 対人コミュニケーション論としてのディスコース・ポライトネス理論の考え方2007

    • Author(s)
      宇佐美 まゆみ
    • Journal Title

      第一回ルーマニア日本語教師会 日本語教育・日本語学シンポジウム報告書(ルーマニア日本語教師会)(Avrin Press)

      Pages: 12-25

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 自然会話の教材化とディスコース・ポライトネス理論2 : 教材としての自然会話の価値2007

    • Author(s)
      宇佐美 まゆみ
    • Journal Title

      第一回ルーマニア日本語教師会 日本語教育・日本語学シンポジウム報告書(ルーマニア日本語教師会)(Avrin Press)

      Pages: 26-38

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 韓国人学習者の発話の数量的データと母語話者が学習者に抱く対人印象の相関分析2007

    • Author(s)
      崔 文姫
    • Journal Title

      日本語研究(首都大学東京/東京都立大学国語学研究室) (27号)(印刷中)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Sizen kaiwa no kyouzaika to Discourse Politeness riron1 : taijin communication to siteno Discourse Politeness riron no kangaekata. [Developing language material based on natural conversation and Discourse Politeness Theory 1 : Discourse Politeness Theory as a theory of interpersonal communication]2007

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the first international symposium of Japanese linguistics and methodology(Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Romania)(Arvin Press)

      Pages: 12-25

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Sizenkaiwa no kyouzaika to Discourse Politeness riron2 : kyouzai tositeno sizennkaiwa no kachi [Developing language material based on natural conversation and Discourse Politeness Theory 2 : Value of natural conversation as a teaching material]2007

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the first international symposium of Japanese linguistics and methodology(Association of Japanese Language Teachers in Romania)(Arvin Press)

      Pages: 26-38

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Kankokujin gakushusha no hatsuwa no suuryou teki data to bogowasha ga gakushusha ni idaku taijin insho no soukan bunseki. [Quantitative data of South Korean learners of Japanese and a Correlation analysis of Japanese native speakers' personal impressions of learners]2007

    • Author(s)
      Choi, Moon Hee
    • Journal Title

      Japanese language studies(Department of Japanese Language Education, Graduate School of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University) (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] ジェンダーとポライトネス-女性は男性よりポライトなのか?-2006

    • Author(s)
      宇佐美 まゆみ
    • Journal Title

      日本語とジェンダー(日本語ジェンダー学会編)(ひつじ書房)

      Pages: 21-37

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A Preliminary Framework for a Discourse Politeness Theory : Focusing on the Concept of Relative Politeness.2006

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Language Sciences (5) Papers from the Fifth Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences (Japan : June 2006) (Kurosio Publishers Tokyo)

      Pages: 29-50

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Discourse Politeness Theory and Cross-Cultural Pragmatics.2006

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic informaticsV : Studies in Second Language Teaching and Second Language Acquisition. 21st Century COE : Cent er of Usage-Based Linguistic Informatics, Graduate School of Area and Culture Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) : March 2006 (In Asako Yositomi, Tae Umino, Masashi Negishi (eds))

      Pages: 9-31

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Discourse politeness theory and second language acquisition.2006

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Foreign language teaching in Asia and beyond : Current perspectives and future directions. Centre for Language Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore : 2006 (In Wai Meng Chan, Kwee Nyet Chin. and Titima Suthiwan. (eds.))

      Pages: 45-70

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 準自然場面における「誘い行動」の日韓比較 -ディスコース・ポライトネス理論の観点から-2006

    • Author(s)
      宇佐美 まゆみ
    • Journal Title

      日本研究(韓国外国語大学校日本研究所) 28号

      Pages: 47-72

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Gender to politeness--Josei ha dansei yori polite nanoka? [Gender and politeness--Are women more polite than men?]2006

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Japanese and gender, The Society for Gender Studies in Japanese(Hituzi Syobo)

      Pages: 21-37

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A Preliminary Framework for a Discourse Politeness Theory : Focusing on the Concept of Relative Politeness.2006

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Language Sciences(5) Papers from the Fifth Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences.(Kurosio Publishers Tokyo, Japan)

      Pages: 29-50

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Discourse Politeness Theory and Cross-Cultural Pragmatics.2006

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic informaticsV : Studies in Second Language Teaching and Second Language Acquisition. 21st Century COE : Center of Usage-Based Linguistic Informatics(Asako Yositomi, Tae Umino, Masashi Negishi(eds))(Graduate School of Area and Culture Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS))

      Pages: 9-31

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Discourse Politeness Theory and second language acquisition.2006

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Foreign language teaching in Asia and beyond : Current perspectives and future directions. Centre for Language Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences(Wai Meng Chan, Kwee Nyet Chin, Titima Suthiwan.(eds.))(National University of Singapore)

      Pages: 45-70

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Jun sizenkaiwa ni okeru "sasoi kodo" no nikkan hikaku -discourse politeness riron no kanten kara-. [A comparative analysis of 'inviting behaviors' in Japanese and Korean quasi-natural conversations -from the perspective of Discourse Politeness Theory-2006

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Nihon Kenkyu(Japanese Center in Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) 28

      Pages: 47-72

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Why Do We Need to Analyze Natural Conversation Data in Developing Conversation Teaching Materials? - Some Implications for Developing TUFS Language Modules-2005

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic informatics -State of the art and the future (In Kawaguchi, Yuji, Susumu Zaima, Toshihiro Takagaki, Kohji Shibano and Mayumi Usami. (eds.)) (John Benjamins Publishing Company)

      Pages: 279-294

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] An analysis of teaching materials based on New Zealand English conversation in natural settings- Implications for the development of conversation teaching materials-.2005

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki, Takashi, Koji Matsumoto, Mayumi Usami
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic informatics -State of the art and the future (In Kawaguchi, Yuji, Susumu Zaima, Toshihiro Takagaki, Kohji Shibano and Mayumi Usami. (eds.)) (John Benjamins Publishing Company)

      Pages: 295-315

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Why Do We Need to Analyze Natural Conversation Data in Developing Conversation Teaching Materials? -Some Implications for Developing TUFS Language Modules-2005

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic informatics -State of the art and the future.(Kawaguchi, Yuji, Susumu Zaima, Toshihiro Takagaki, Kohji Shibano and Mayumi Usami. (eds.))(John Benjamins Publishing Company)

      Pages: 279-294

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] An analysis of teaching materials based on New Zealand English conversation in natural settings- Implications for the development of conversation teaching materials-.2005

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki, Takashi, Koji Matsumoto, Mayumi Usami
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic informatics -State of the art and the future.(Kawaguchi, Yuji, Susumu Zaima, Toshihiro Takagaki, Kohji Shibano and Mayumi Usami. (eds.))(John Benjamins Publishing Company)

      Pages: 295-315

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 『BTSによる多言語話し言葉コーパス-日本語2』の作成過程と整備の結果から示されること-会話教育への示唆-2004

    • Author(s)
      関崎博紀, 木林理恵, 木山幸子, 李恩美, 施信余, 宇佐美まゆみ
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Informatics III : The First International Conference on Linguistic Informatics - State of the Art and the Future -. 21st Century COE : Center of Usage-Based Linguistic Informatics Graduate School of Area and Culture Studies. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)

      Pages: 301-322

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] TUFS会話モジュールの日本語スキットと『BTSによる多言語話し言葉コーパス-日本語2』における依頼行動の対照研究-会話教育への示唆-2004

    • Author(s)
      謝オン, 木山幸子, 李恩美, 施信余, 木林理恵, 宇佐美まゆみ
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Informatics III : The First International Conference on Linguistic Informatics - State of the Art and the Future -. 21st Century COE : Center of Usage-Based Linguistic Informatics Graduate School of Area and Culture Studies. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)

      Pages: 323-341

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Discourse Politeness Theory and Second Language Acquisition.2004

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      In the proceedings of the Inaugural CLS International Conference CLaSIC, Singapore.

      Pages: 719-737

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 'BTS ni yoru tagengo hanashikotoba courpus- Nihongo2' no sakusei katei to seibi no kekka kara shimesaseru koto -kaiwakyouiku eno shisa-. [An examination of the process of developing 'the Multilingual Corpus of Spoken Language by BTS- Japanese2' : Implications for the development of conversation teaching materials.]2004

    • Author(s)
      Sekizaki, H, Kibayashi, R, Kiyama, S, Lee, E, M, Shih, S, Usami, M.
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Informatics III : The First International Conference on Linguistic Informatics - State of the Art and the Future -. 21st Century COE : Center of Usage-Based Linguistic Informatics Graduate School of Area and Culture Studies. (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS))

      Pages: 301-322

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] TUFS kaiwa module no Nihonngo skit to `BTS ni yoru tagengo hanashikotoba corpus- Nihongo2' ni okeru irai kodo no taisho kenkyu -kaiwa kyouiku eno shisa-. [A comparative analysis of 'request' behaviors in the Japanese skits from the TUFS dialog module and in 'the Multilingual Corpus of Spoken Language by BTS- Japanese2' : Implications for the development of conversation teaching materials.]2004

    • Author(s)
      Xie, Y, Kiyama, S, Lee, E, M, Shih, S, kibayashi, R, Usami. M.
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Informatics III : The First International Conference on Linguistic Informatics - State of the Art and the Future -. 21st Century COE : Center of Usage-Based Linguistic Informatics Graduate School of Area and Culture Studies. (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS))

      Pages: 323-341

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Discourse Politeness Theory and Second Language Acquisition.2004

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      In the proceedings of the Inaugural CLS International Conference CLaSIC, Singapore

      Pages: 719-737

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 異文化接触とポライトネス-ディスコース・ポライトネス理論の観点から-2003

    • Author(s)
      宇佐美 まゆみ
    • Journal Title

      国語学 54(3)

      Pages: 117-132

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Ibunkasesshoku to Politeness--Discourse Politeness riron no kanten kara. [Cross-cultural contact and politeness from the viewpoint of the Discourse Politeness Theory]2003

    • Author(s)
      USAMI, Mayumi
    • Journal Title

      Kokugogaku[Studies in Japanese language] 54(3)

      Pages: 117-132

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2008-05-27  

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