2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Historical Study of the Question-Answer Format As a Discourse Model and Its Influence over Teaching of English in Japan
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18520174
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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 |
ヨーロッパ語系文学
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
ABE Masahiko The University of Tokyo, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 准教授 (30242077)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2009
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| Keywords | 英米文学 / 英語教育 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, I examined the question and answer format as a model that represents the way discourse is formulated and circulated. My approach was historical. I chose three centuries following the sixteenth and examined various kinds of so-called conduct manuals. More specifically, I studied the act of eating in the context of conduct manuals in the nineteenth and twentieth century US and discussed some of the stories of Bernard Malamud. I also did some research on the influence of the question and answer format over how English has been taught in Japan since the Meiji era.
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