2017 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Multicultural Japan: Effective Methodologies for Teaching Language and Culture to Japanese University Students
| Project/Area Number |
16K02945
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| Research Institution | Otemae University |
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Principal Investigator |
安藤 幸一 大手前大学, 総合文化学部, 教授 (20310691)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
Jackson John 大手前大学, 現代社会学部, 講師 (40737657)
C・M Browne 明治学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (50286225)
アリポンガ ジョナサン 関西国際大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50388873)
田中 キャサリン 大手前大学, 総合文化学部, 講師 (50740049)
Carlson Gordon 大手前大学, メディア・芸術学部, 准教授 (60736057)
ロバート シェリダン 近畿大学, 農学部, 講師 (70648245)
タン ダニエル (タンダニエル) 大手前大学, 現代社会学部, 講師 (60781052)
アンドウ シャーリー 大手前大学, 現代社会学部, 准教授 (90441162)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | EFL / TESOL / Japanese culture / culture in EFL / university EFL textbooks / English in Japan / language education |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In 2017, we conducted the second part of our study across split levels of English classes. We replicated the results of our previous studies and extended them into all four language proficiency skill areas. We presented our initial findings in conferences organized by academic associations such as JALT, , KOTESOL, and University of Toronto.
We have also published our results and begun to design our culture-based language textbook. In addition to continuing our study, we launched a survey into popular cultural topics for textbook design and will use this data to organize our textbooks.
Finally, we have continued to make our research results available on Otemae's website and through our online repository. We also held our second symposium on teaching Japanese content in English language education in Japan.
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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
We were able to effectively complete the second year of our research as planned. We attribute this to the tight coordination of the team and the diligence of each researcher.
We are replicating our results and moving smoothly along to the next phase of our research and textbook design.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
We currently have two textbooks in production as a result of this kaken. The first is a four-skills textbook co-authored by the kaken team as a whole. The second is a more experimental reading book that uses a constructivist approach and is designed to promote autonomous learning.
In addition to authoring these two textbooks, we plan to publish several research papers and have further international presentations of our final results scheduled as well.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Professor Jonathan Aliponga's 2017 research funds are saved to be used for 2018 international conference to present his research.
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