2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Movie-based virtual classroom activities involving postgraduate students in Japan and overseas institutions : Fostering multicultural/multilingual awareness
| Project/Area Number |
19520465
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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 |
Japanese language education
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| Research Institution | J. F. Oberlin University |
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Principal Investigator |
WONG Yuko (宮副 裕子) J. F. Oberlin University, 言語学系, 教授 (90424093)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SASAKI Michiko 桜美林大学, 言語学系, 教授 (80178665)
HORIGUCHI Sumiko 桜美林大学, 言語学系, 教授 (00052283)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 異文化コミュニケーション / 言語の社会化 / 多文化・多言語意識 / アイデンティティ / ヴァーチャル教室 / 映画討論会 / メディア・リテラシー |
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| Research Abstract |
The study reports on a movie-based virtual discussion in the years between 2007 and 2009, which involves nearly 70 postgraduate students in Japan and abroad. It aims to investigate from the perspectives of language socialization theory how the participants promote their multicultural/multilingual awareness through participation. The main findings of the analysis are as follow :
1) The theoretical framework and activities consisting of a series of collaborative tasks are effective ;
2) Five new methods adopted in the study solved/improved various issues reported in previous studies on CMC (computer-mediated communication) activities ;
3) Language socialization theory sheds a new light on the analysis of how CMC actually takes place among participants ;
4) The participants are more aware of the importance of being multicultural/multilingual.
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Research Products
(6 results)
