Developing Guidelines to Introduce Online Conversation Practice into College English Courses in Japan

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02735
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Meiji University (2017); Cyber University (2015-2016)
• Principal Investigator: SAKAMOTO Yoshie 明治大学, 研究・知財戦略機構, 研究推進員 (60454196)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 半田 純子 明治大学, 研究・知財戦略機構, 研究推進員 (90531301)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 英語教育 / eラーニング / アウトプット

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research is about developing guidelines to introduce online conversation practice with quasi-native English speakers from abroad into credit-granting English courses at Japanese colleges. This type of practice is expected to improve students' English communication ability, a subject that has weighed heavily on the minds of college English educators in Japan. Surveys were conducted to discover attitudes toward such practice on the part of Japanese college students and instructors involved in English education at Japanese colleges, and both recognized the necessity for this kind of spoken English education. Furthermore, two experimental programs were implemented. Based on the results, guidelines for design and operation of English courses were developed for effective and efficient introduction of the practice.

Free Research Field

言語教育