2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Study of English Produced by English Learners in Real-Time Communication through Keyboards and its Improvement
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17520382
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | KYUSHU UNIVERCITY |
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Principal Investigator |
SUZUKI Yubun Kyushu University, Faculty of Languages and Cultures, Associate Professor, 大学院言語文化研究院, 助教授 (90243873)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2006
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| Keywords | text-based chat / chat system / English education / 文字チャット / チャットシステム |
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| Research Abstract |
I have improved and studied the 3-Dimensional Education System (a text-based chat system with 3-dimensional cyberspace) applying it to English classes for the past several years. This time I tried to know how to supervise English learners for the purpose of improving their communication through keyboards. I collected data from the chat in two classes in 2006, extracted errors of various nature, classified them into several categories and numerous subcategories, divided the (sub)categories into text-oriented ones and others, and found out what would be effective advice to students in an English class with text-based chat. The collection of errors constitutes a "database" of mistakes made in keyboard-based English communication classes. I went on to analyze the errors and by careful inspection found which of them were likely to be typical mistakes in real-time text-based chat in English., Lastly, I reached effective and efficient instructions which are most suitable to students engaged in real-time communication through keyboards. I was not able to strictly "define" errors solely attributable to the real-time nature of the text-based chat by excluding inadequacies remaining in a revised version of chat log (non-real-time), but this will be put off to a future research.
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Research Products
(2 results)
