Developing University English Language Programs in Post-Native Speakerism Era

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K00792
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Tamagawa University
• Principal Investigator: ODA Masaki 玉川大学, 文学部, 教授 (60224242)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 外国語教育 / ネイティブスピーカー / マスメディア / ディスコース研究 / 社会的実践 / プログラムマネジメント

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The term 'Native Speakers'(NS) has been a key concept in foreign language teaching despite the fact that even ELT reserachers had no consensus about it. With the help of mass media, however, English used by NS has been regarded as the goal for many learners and ELT programs have been designed accodingly. It also raised the status of NS English teachers regardless of their teaching credentials. By tracing the notion of NS in ELT diachronically, it was found that NS-NNS dichotomy would not serve as a basis for developing ELT programs today as English is a lingua franca and the society is multilingual.

Free Research Field

外国語教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

外国語（英語）教育に関する議論を行う上で頻繁に参照される「ネイティブ・スピーカー」の概念の歴史的背景を辿りながら、変化する時代に合わせた英語教育プログラムを開発するにあたって、その有効性と妥当性を検証してきた。