2019 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Tele-collaboration as Inquire-based learning for enhancing Intercultural communications skills of Japanese students
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19K23334
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-08-30 – 2021-03-31
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| Keywords | telecollaboration / inquiry-based learning / intercultural / intra-cultural learning |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
During the first phase of the start-up research I have been able to carry out a thorough desk research on the topic of telecollaboration and its impact on developing intercultural communication skills in the learners of foreign languages. During the reporting periods (Oct2019-March2020) I have managed to carry out one 2-week field work to a number of universities in the USA and collect data. These data sets included a number of interviews with the international students studying in the USA, American researchers studying intercultural communication, and I have also worked at the libraries and accessed academic articles on the topic. As an outcome of the first stage of my research I am currently drafting a research article titled "The Inquiry-based model of telecollaboration: bridging the intra-cultural communicative learning and inter-cultural communicative competence". Upon completion this article will be submitted to an international peer-reviewed journal.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
At the moment, the implementation of the study is advancing rather smoothly. I have managed to collect sufficient amount of data to support the drafting of my first major article.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Looking to the future, and based on the current situation with the global spreading of the COVID19, I expect that the second phase of the research (from May 2020 onward) may potentially be delayed, especially, I am concerned about the limitations of international travel. The latter is needed to collect more interview samples, co-work with partner universities in a face-to-face format.
In any case, I am currently re-designing my work schedule and looking into the possibilities of collecting data remotely with the support of my research co-collaborators abroad.
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