2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The role of inter-ethnic relations in ESL sojourners' conceptualization of achievement : an analysis through Japanese students' study abroad experience
| Project/Area Number |
19720130
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Iwate University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOBAYASHI Yoko Iwate University, 人文社会科学部, 准教授 (00352534)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 留学研究 / 留学動機 / 異文化コミュニケーション / 集団間関係 / 社会的アイデンティティ / 「英語圏」 / 「標準英語」 / 批判的教育学 |
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| Research Abstract |
Expanding on the past two-year research project funded by the Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), the present three-year research project has yielded two types of research achievements : (1) a set of theoretical studies that contribute to the extant literature knowledge base on interethnic relations and language use in overseas contexts ; (2) a set of empirical studies conducted at English language schools in Canada (Inner-Circle nation) and Singapore (Outer-Circle nation) that reveal Japanese (and other international) students' diversifying motivation to study abroad.
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