2018 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アリポンガ ジョナサン 関西国際大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50388873) [Withdrawn]
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アンドウ シャーリー 大手前大学, 現代社会学部, 准教授 (90441162) [Withdrawn]
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | culture / language education / university education / cultural famailiarity / textbook design / EFL / student interest / materials design |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
We completed the cross over research studies of the efficacy of cultural familiarity in language education with all 4 skills showing positive language gains when culturally familiar materials were used. Furthermore, we added a thread to our research to gauge student interest and have demonstrated positive correlation with culturally familiar materials and student interest. We presented our research in several conferences. We had two papers published in peer-reviewed international journals, we have several papers in press or under review. We have made considerable progress on two textbook projects.
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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
While we have had some delay in our textbook development and the publication of our results, the project is progressing smoothly and has yielded positive and important results.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In 2019 we plan to publish two textbooks, complete our research project, and publish our results in peer-reviewed, international publications.
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| Causes of Carryover |
We plan to use a considerable part of the remainder of our funds for textbook publication and a symposium to present our final results.
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