2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Meanings of Portuguese education in Japanese universities and the roles that it plays to the multicultural society
Project/Area Number |
20820030
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Foreign language education
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Research Institution | Aichi Prefectural University |
Principal Investigator |
KOSAKA Katsumi Aichi Prefectural University, 外国語学部, 講師 (20512271)
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Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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Keywords | ポルトガル語教育 / 外国語教育 / 多文化社会 |
Research Abstract |
As result of considering the roles that Portuguese education plays in multicultural society, it was clarified that the study of Portuguese in the universities doesn't only improve the degree of interest of the participant to Portuguese class for the Brazilians and Brazilian culture, but also it was clarified to play the role to promote the restructuring of the image to Brazil and the Brazilians, whom the participant had had up to now made fixed. So, it was confirmed how important is the education of foreign languages other than English for achieving the multi-cultural co-existence.
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