2019 Fiscal Year Annual Research 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アリポンガ ジョナサン 関西国際大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50388873) [Withdrawn]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, 准教授 (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アンドウ シャーリー 大手前大学, 現代社会学部, 准教授 (90441162) [Withdrawn]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 | EFL / culture / CLIL / Japan / English education / University education |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In 2019 we presented our findings at several international conferences and concluded our study. We continued to pilot our specifically designed culturally familiar materials in classrooms and have several forthcoming pieces about their design, use, and efficacy. Using our specially designed culturally familiar materials, we demonstrated considerable language gains and retention in all four skills. In addition to publishing multiple articles that detail our methodology and our results, the researchers have led workshops to introduce our research and material development with other educators. We hosted a symposium that circulated our results and served as a forum for other researchers working on similar topics (Multicultural Japan Research and Methodologies for Teaching Language and Culture, Dec 2019). In addition, we are in the final stages of work on two textbooks to teach English to Japanese learners based on our culturally familiar approach.
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