2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigating the employment of international students as teaching assistants for the purposes of university internationalization
| Project/Area Number |
17K13502
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | teaching assistant |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The result of the study was that international students receive professional and personal benefits from their employment as teaching assistants. Their professional benefits included teaching and academic skills. They were also confident they do more if given the opportunity. These positive opinions and interest in increased responsibilities was timely as Kyushu University instituted a three-tier teaching assistant program with the top tier being given greater responsibility to teach sections of classes. The outcome of this research project is directly informing this program change in the English department.
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| Free Research Field |
Sociolinguistics
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
This area of sociolinguistics was under-researched, and international student teaching assistants had the opportunity share their opinions and experiences. Based on the findings, I was invited to suggest training methods for teaching assistants to work as 'Teaching Fellows' at Kyushu University.
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