Multimodal analysis of Multi contact situations using Japanese as a Lingua Franca

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13251
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02090:Japanese language education-related
• Research Institution: Aichi University (2020-2022); Hiroshima Shudo University (2019)
• Principal Investigator: KAWAKAMI Yuka 愛知大学, 国際コミュニケーション学部, 准教授 (00778805)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 共通言語としての日本語 / 相互理解 / 接触場面 / マルチモーダル分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Based on the recorded data of multi-person conversations between Japanese students and foreign students using Japanese as a common language and post-interviews, we found that teasing and resistance (confrontation) triggered the change in the relationship between one foreign student and another member. Further, we analyzed individual and group learning during the transition of classroom formats on the basis of pre - and post-interviews of multicultural collaborative activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, showing that the collaborative spaces have become places for growth where people can interact densely, complementing each other's difficulties.

Free Research Field

日本語教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

多様な背景の者同士で行う協働活動においては、成員ひとりひとりが異文化で、そこは個やグループとしての学びや成長の場となっている。これまでの協働活動の実践においては、学生同士の対立をなるべく避けるよう学習デザインをしていたが、データの分析から、対立や衝突を厭わず、互いの異なりを尊重し合い、説明し合える環境づくりの工夫が重要であるという示差を得た。社会的変化が次々起こるVUCA時代に、多様な他者と共生するうえで必要なスキルの涵養に本研究成果の一端が実践に応用可能となりうる。