2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

More efficient Training for English Communication based on Written Chat coupled with Aural Dialogue

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20520503
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Foreign language education
Research Institution	Kyushu University
Principal Investigator	SUZUKI Yubun Kyushu University, 言語文化研究院, 准教授 (90243873)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	e-ラーニング・コンピュータ支援学習(CALL)
Research Abstract	It was discovered that the growth rate in volume of online written communication (chat) observed in a college-level English course is no less noticeable even when the course reduces written exercise to make room for oral communication. The combination of the two modes of communication makes it possible to introduce chat to busy college English curriculum because chat, a still rare mode of communication for a sole activity of an English class, would be easier to include in a conversational or discussion class if coupled with oral exercise in comparison to a course exclusively devoted for chat. It was also found out that the best combination is to place chat before oral communication for each task. This research has made a new contribution to the author's long-term research on 3-dimensional interactive education system.

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