2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A qualitative inquiry into the effect of ELF (English as a lingua franca)-informed instruction and its pedagogical implications
Project/Area Number |
17K13508
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Foreign language education
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Research Institution | Kanda University of International Studies |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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Keywords | 共通語としての英語 / 長期的教育効果 / 言語意識 / 言語使用 / コミュニケーション方略 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research qualitatively examined the educational effect of ELF-informed instruction on Japanese university students’ attitudes toward English and their actual language use through two types of studies: the language attitude study during the instruction and the follow-up study after the instruction. The latter was particularly conducted as case studies of three informants, exploring their language attitudes through the subsequent ELF experiences and their actual language use in ELF interaction. The analysis of the data revealed a certain degree of the positive educational effect of the instruction. Specifically, the instruction changed the students’ language attitude toward English from monolingual to multilingual. It also maintained or enhanced the three informants’ positive attitudes toward English through the subsequent ELF experiences although it also disclosed the deep-rooted negative influence of native-speakerist view of English pervasive in Japanese society.
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Free Research Field |
会話分析、語用論、社会言語学、応用言語学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究は次の2点において学術的に意義深い。第一に、学期前後での学生の英語に対する言語態度の変化を比較した既存研究はあるが、本研究では学期中の学生の言語態度の変遷過程を詳細に追い、具体的にどのような講義内容が学生の言語態度の変化に作用したと考えられるかを検証した。第二に、留学中の学生の言語態度やアイデンティティーの変遷を調査した既存研究はあるが、世界諸英語やELFに関する知識や視点を得た学生のその後の言語態度の変遷を明らかにした研究はまだなく、本研究はこの研究の空白を埋めるものである。本研究で得られた知見は、グローバル化に即した英語教育に示唆を与えるものであり、この点において社会的にも意義深い。
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