2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Developing resources for teaching and assessing communication strategies in ELF-informed pedagogy: An empirical approach based on learners' communicative competence
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18K00753
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| Research Institution | Tamagawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
CHAIKUL RASAMI 玉川大学, ELFセンター, 助教 (50594082)
黒嶋 智美 玉川大学, ELFセンター, 助教 (50714002)
岡田 トリシャ 玉川大学, ELFセンター, 准教授 (50774064)
祐乗坊 由利 玉川大学, ELFセンター, 准教授 (80773465)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | intercultural boundaries / translanguaging gestures / communication strategies / onomatopoeic expressions / communication problems |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
During 2021, we used our data set to investigate intercultural perspectives in ELF interactions of our students and their foreign interlocutors through conversation analysis research methods. Specifically, we investigated (1) how ELF users navigate intercultural boundaries through their knowledge of culture, (2) trans-languaging gestures and onomatopoeia as resources for repairing communication problems, and (3) pre-pandemic observations of transcultural and strategic language use in first-contact encounters among ELF users. We then presented and published several papers based on our findings. We have also begun analyzing our collected data to identify the communication strategies used by ELF speakers in problematic and sustained communication difficulties, in addition to their frequency.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Progress during 2021 and 2022 has been steady and ongoing. We were able to make good use of the data we collected to explore intercultural perspectives in ELF interactions, as we were unable to pursue our original objective of investigating ELF writing due to unexpected delays and restrictions brought about by the pandemic. We have also begun a detailed analysis of collected data to identify the communication strategies used by ELF speakers in problematic and sustained communication difficulties, in addition to their frequency. This investigation will enable us to make recommendations for the teaching of communication strategies to lower-proficiency English learners. We are also collecting new data in order to elicit students’ awareness of communication strategies
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Reasons for our incurring costs in 2022 include a budget to, (1) develop our website and (2) an open-access corpus in order to share our data, findings, and pedagogical recommendations with other researchers. These will account for much of our budget. Another expense will be transcripts. We will pay for professional transcripts of interview data we have collected. Having this data will allow us to analyze the perceptions and feedback from the participants in our study, which will provide further insights to the recorded data we have already analyzed of spoken ELF interactions and allow us to make more substantial claims and recommendations regarding ELF-aware pedagogy and assessment. The remainder of the budget will be spent on conference fees and travel costs if required.
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| Causes of Carryover |
To (1) develop our website and (2) an open-access corpus in order to share our data, findings, and pedagogical recommendations. We will also pay for professional transcripts of interview data. This will allow us to (1) analyze the perceptions and feedback from our participants, (2) provide further insights to the recorded data we have already analyzed, and (3) make more substantial claims and recommendations regarding ELF-aware pedagogy and assessment. The remainder of the budget will be spent on conferences fees and transportation and accommodation costs if permitted.
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