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2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The development of international cyber courses to foster International Liberal Arts, and expressive power in English with on-demand Internet courses

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15320073
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

NAKANO Michiko  Waseda University, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Professor, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (70148229)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TOGO Katsuaki  Waseda University, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Professor, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (50103619)
YANO Yasukata  Waseda University, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Professor, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (00130857)
MATSUSAKA Hiroshi  Waseda University, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Professor, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (20096449)
MURATA Kumiko  Waseda University, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Professor, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (10229990)
KOBAYASHI Fukuko  Waseda University, Faculty of Education and IntegratedArts and Sciences, Professor, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (00063751)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2006
KeywordsInternational Liberal Arts / ICT / On-demand courses / Assessment of Oral English / Assessment of Persuasive Writing in English / Cross-cultural Distance Learning / Asian Englishes / Individual Differences
Research Abstract

We have developed cross-cultural distance learning courses based on the notion of International Liberal Arts. Our research efforts established 90 on-demand courses which deal with our current issues in the world : climate change, politics and metaphors, safety of food, Asian Identity, gender issues, co-existence in Asia, etc. We have established our teaching methods on successfuldiscussion in English and how to write persuasive discourse in English, especially for Japanese learners of English at the university level. These methods were reported in CCDL Research Reports (CD-ROM) in five volumes as well as CCDL Teachers' Manual and Case studies (2006). Annually, we held International Student Seminars among Asian users of English and we held the seminars recently twice a year in which our students demonstrated the merits of our educational approaches. These activities were financially assisted by Digital Campus Consortium which was initiated by Waseda University and which has been support … More ed by major industries in Japan.
The recommended cyber courses includes the following class-room procedures : (1) the students in Asia study on-demand course materials, (2) they write their comments and questions in English on BBS, (3) our mentors who were trained as interns help the learners understand lecture contents distributed via the Internet, (4) they discuss a given topic on International Liberal arts, using ICT (video-conferencing system and oral chatting system) and (5) the students reflect their progress concerning the on-demand contents and their expressive power in English, by reviewing DVDs which were recorded during their cyber sessions.
We have also tried to show research evidence about our teaching methods, by looking into how to test their progress in oral English, how to evaluate their progress in writing, and how to deal with individual differences such as learning styles, learning strategies, learning preferences, class-room anxiety, speech anxiety and motivations. The oral test of English for the sake of Asian users of English includes word-per minutes, the frequency and length of pauses, type-token ratio, vocabulary levels, inter-stress time intervals and acoustic measurements. This is going to be developed as an automatic assessment system. We have also established automatic assessment of Individual Differences as an additional outcome of our research efforts. Less

  • Research Products

    (17 results)

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All Journal Article (16 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] The development of grammatical competence of Japanese EFL learners : Focusing on relative clause constructions.2006

    • Author(s)
      Ohba, H., Sugino, N., Nakano, M., Yamakawa, K., Shimizu, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics 10, 1

      Pages: 73-77

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Developing a sample-free grammatical proficiency test for SLA research.2006

    • Author(s)
      Shimizu, Y., Yamakawa, K., Sugino, N., Ohba, H., Nakano, M.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 10th Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics. 10

      Pages: 227-236

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Acquisition of English grammatical features by adult Japanese EFL learners : The application of Item Response Theory in SLA research.2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamakawa, K., Sugino, N., Ohba, H., Nakano, M., Shimizu, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of CLaSIC. 2

      Pages: 942-974

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 英語学習者の個人要因に関する一考察2006

    • Author(s)
      筒井英一郎, 上田倫史, 中野美知子
    • Journal Title

      早稲田教育評論 20, 1

      Pages: 213-235

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] FACETSを用いたアジア人英語学習者のスピーキング能力の評定に関する一考察2006

    • Author(s)
      中野美知子, 近藤悠介, 上田倫史, 筒井英一郎, 大和田和治
    • Journal Title

      日本テスト学会第4回大会予稿集 4

      Pages: 38-41

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] General Framework : CCDL2006

    • Author(s)
      Nakano, M.
    • Journal Title

      CCDL Teachers' Manual 1

      Pages: 7-16

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The development of grammatical competence of Japanese EFL learners : Focusing on relative clause constructions.2006

    • Author(s)
      Ohba, H., Sugino, N., Nakano, M., Yamakawa, K., Shimizu, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 10, 1

      Pages: 73-87

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Developing a sample-free grammatical proficiency test for SLA research.2006

    • Author(s)
      Shimizu, Y., Yamakawa, K., Sugino, N., Ohba, H., Nakano, M.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 10th Conference of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics., 10

      Pages: 227-236

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Acquisition of English grammatical features by adult Japanese EFL learners : The application of Item Response Theory in SLA research.2006

    • Author(s)
      Yamakawa, K., Sugino, N., Ohba, H., Nakano, M., Shimizu, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of CLaSIC, 2

      Pages: 942-974

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A study of evaluation in the speaking ability of Asian learners of English by using FACETS,2006

    • Author(s)
      Nakano, M., Kondo, Y., Ueda, N., Tsutsui, E., Owada, K.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Reaserch on Testing, 4

      Pages: 38-41

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] eneral Framework : CCDL2006

    • Author(s)
      Nakano, M.
    • Journal Title

      CCDL Teachers' Manual, 1

      Pages: 7-16

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] CDL-Centred Courses in 2005 and 2006 : Tangkang University-Waseda University, CCDL-Centered Courses in 2005 and 2006 : NamSeoule University-Waseda University2006

    • Author(s)
      Chang Mong-Min, Mariko Yokota, Annett Karseras Sumi, M.Nakano.
    • Journal Title

      CCDL Teachers' Manual, 1

      Pages: 193-207

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Networked English language education at Waseda University : Toward creating Asian-Pacific intelligence (1)2006

    • Author(s)
      Nakano, M., Owada, K., Ueda, N., Kodachi, K., Yoshimoto, M., Kondo, Y.
    • Journal Title

      CCDL Teachers' Manual, 1

      Pages: 17-26

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Networked English language education at Waseda University : Toward creating Asian-Pacific intelligence (II)-CCDL and cyber seminars.2006

    • Author(s)
      Nakano, M., Bonham, M., Owada, K., Ueda, N., Oya, M., Negishi, M., Kondo, Y.
    • Journal Title

      CCDL Teachers' Manual, 1

      Pages: 27-38

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The effect of NNS-NNS interaction in university-level ELT in Japan2006

    • Author(s)
      Yano, Y.
    • Journal Title

      CCDL Teachers' Manual, 1

      Pages: 39-46

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A Case Study of Individual Differences of Japanese Learners of English

    • Author(s)
      Tsutsui, E., Ueda, N., Nakano, M.
    • Journal Title

      Waseda Review of Education, 20,1

      Pages: 213-235

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] Cross-Cultureal Distance Learning Teachers' Manual2006

    • Author(s)
      中野美知子(編著)
    • Total Pages
      257
    • Publisher
      CCDL Research Center, Waseda University
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2008-05-27  

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