2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Fostering communication skills in medical ESP : Educational system development and its evaluation
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19520538
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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 |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Kyoto College of Medical Science |
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Principal Investigator |
FUJIEDA Miho Kyoto College of Medical Science, 医療科学部, 准教授 (20328173)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUZUKI Hiroko 東海大学, 教育研究所, 教授 (50191789)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | コミュニケーション能力 / ESP / 医療系 / 社会構成論 / コーパス / 語彙習得 / プロジェクト学習 / ニーズ分析 |
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| Research Abstract |
A basic medical ESP course was designed as a blended learning, project-based course fully supported by ICT. It was implemented using materials developed for the first year students majoring in radiological technology. From the Activity Theory perspective, the outcomes of this experimental course revealed that students' perception shifted gradually from "English as knowledge to be obtained" to one of "English as communication tool to be used" to meet the goal of an activity. Significantly, the students were able to introduce diseases using a range of English medical terms.
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