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

Research Project

Project/Area Number	18520174
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	ヨーロッパ語系文学
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	ABE Masahiko The University of Tokyo, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 准教授 (30242077)
Project Period (FY)	2006 – 2009
Keywords	英米文学 / 英語教育
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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