2017 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Analysis of English Language Instruction of Japanese Craft
| Project/Area Number |
16K02879
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
Hammond Mark 金沢大学, 国際基幹教育院, 特任准教授 (10770935)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | craft / creative tourism / hands-on workshops / ESP Materials / 伝統工芸 |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Analysis of data collected in 2016 was completed for the four case studies of native English speakers participating in workshops taught by students at Kanazawa College of Art, and focused on the salient problematic factors related to cohesive devices, discourse exchange structure, strategic competence, and lexical items. Additional supporting data was collected at six commercial venues in Tokyo and Kanazawa during creative tourism workshops in the mediums of pottery wheel, indigo dyeing, silk dyeing, metal stamping, metal inlay (zogan), and urushi gold-inlay (chinkin). These workshops also allowed for a better understanding the genre of creative-tourism workshops and illuminated additional relevant factors of the target-language domain, such as making and confirming reservations, describing workshop options, directions to studio location, and shipping items after completion.
The Principle Investigator presented research findings in May of 2017 at the JALT PAN-SIG Conference at Akita International University and in September of 2017 at the ESP Symposium (CUE SIG) at Keio University. Additionally, two papers were completed for publication: a peer-review article titled “Using Discourse Analysis to Develop L2 Learning Materials for Creative Tourism Workshops” for the OnCUE Journal (in press), and a paper, “Exploring L2 Strategic Competence in Hands-on Creative Tourism Workshops for Ceramics, Metal-craft, and Textile Dyeing” in Studies of Language and Culture, 22 (Kanazawa University, 2018).
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The project is progressing on schedule. Data collection and analysis have been completed, and focus is currently on refining prototype training materials to train human resources involved in hands-on creative tourism workshops.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In the first half of the 2018 fiscal year, prototype training materials will be tested with university students majoring in traditional craft. Once finalized, a professionally designed 40-page booklet will be printed and distributed to associations and organizations in Japan that promote and support the sustainability of traditional craft. In the latter half of 2018, the Principle Investigator will give three to five public seminars in different regions of Japan, using the booklet to train craft industry professionals and promote English language based hands-on workshops. Subsequently, a summary of the project and recommendations for further research will be presented in conference or by journal article.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Initial budgeting included personnel expenditures allocated for assistance with collection of data by printed questionnaires to be sent by postal mail. After considering cost effectiveness and relevancy to project objectives, these expenditures were not required, since similar data was collected by interview, correspondence, and interaction with workshop instructors during the 15 workshops in Kyoto, Kanazawa, and Tokyo. Budget remaining from FY 2017 will be allocated for travel and related costs of public seminars to be given by the Principle Investigator in FY 2018.
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