2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Social Authentication and teacher-student motivational synergy in Japanese English as a Foreign Language Teaching
| Project/Area Number |
19K13301
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| Research Institution | Sophia University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Authenticity / Motivation / Language teaching / Language learning / Classroom research / Education / pyschology |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
My project has begun to recover after delays caused by the pandemic and inability to travel. I have re-designed my research to feature more introspective techniques so that I can collect data from my own classrooms. Last year I held a symposium at the International Applied Linguistics World Conference, as well as several other conference both international and within Japan (all online). I have also published two papers related to my research for this project, and several book chapters, many of which are co-authored with collaborators from overseas universities. However, I am still somewhat behind with the research and would like to extend the project if possible.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
I am catching up after the terrible delays caused by the pandemic which completely prevented me from going abroad for my sabbatical year. Last year was hard due to teaching demands, but I have begun gathering data and working on the project. This year I intend to catch up as fully as possible.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
As mentioned above, I have re-designed the research methods and narrowed the focus to feature more introspective techniques so that I can collect data from my own classrooms rather than obtruding on other’s. I am designing questionnaires and interviews rather than class-room observations of other teachers, and limiting the research focus.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Due to the inability to travel internationally, many of the expected expenses were not incurred. Hopefully this year I will be able to use the remaining funds for travel, as originally intended.
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