2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Improving intercultural communication skills of Japanese EFL learners : The effects of strategy inventory training
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20520496
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University of Education |
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Principal Investigator |
IZUMI Emiko Kyoto University of Education, 教育学部, 教授 (10388382)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 英語教育 / 異文化間コミュニケーション / コミュニケーション方略 / タスク |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, a large-scale survey on communication strategies (CS) and language functions used such as refusal and disagreement was carried out. The participants were Asian EFL learners from primary to tertiary levels including Japanese, Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese. In order to investigate and explore how CS are instructed and used in those countries, English textbooks and national curriculums were analyzed. Also, English conversations between native speakers of English and Asian learners of English were videotaped while doing the communicative tasks and transcribed from the perspective of CS use. As a result, several distinct differences in CS use and learners' consciousness of CS were observed according to the countries as well as individual and cultural differences.
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