2020 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Global competence needs of foreign-language learners in Japan
| Project/Area Number |
19K00840
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University of Foreign Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
SAKAMOTO Fern 名古屋外国語大学, 外国語学部, 講師 (30803887)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | global competence / Japan / intercultural competence / FL education / higher education / international education / university |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In the 2020 academic year I completed Stage 2 (analysis and write-up of questionnaire results) and started Stage 3: the development and implementation of a Delphi study.
Questionnaire results were used to develop and implement a Round 1 (R1) survey with 32 participants. Results of R1 were analysed and used to develop the R2 survey, which incorporated a novel Q method/Delphi methodology. R2 results were subject to factor analysis and used to develop a R3 survey. R3 data collection is underway.
Results so far suggest that traits (emotional stability and extraversion) and attitudes are key in the development of global competence in Japan.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
I am a little ahead of my initial timeline, as I have been able to devote more time to the project than originally anticipated.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
April 2021-March 2022
Stage 3: Complete data collection for the Delphi study. Analyse results to obtain consensus-based answers to the research questions, and examine the successfulness of the methodology, especially the novel combined Q method/Delphi approach.
* COVID19 impacted on my ability to disseminate the results of Stage 2 this year. I would like to do so in the coming year.
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| Causes of Carryover |
I will continue to purchase literature for my ongoing literature review. I will also continue to pay license fees for software to facilitate online data collection and analysis. In addition, I hope to be able to travel to international conferences to disseminate and discuss my preliminary findings, COVID19 permitting.
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