Preparing Computer Science Students for Job Interviews with English Video Production and Analysis

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K00887
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: The University of Aizu
• Principal Investigator: Roy Debopriyo 会津大学, コンピュータ理工学部, 教授 (30453020)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 川口 立喜 会津大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 准教授 (50543170) ; BLAKE John 会津大学, コンピュータ理工学部, 上級准教授 (80635954)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: Usability / Technical Writing / Design Thinking / Project / Video

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have successfully completed the project with multiple accomplishments in terms of research projects, publications, prototypes, and conference organisation at the University of Aizu. Students were actively involved with video design and analysis that helped students develop skills for job interviews.

Free Research Field

Technical Communication and Usability

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

This project helped us develop student's entrepreneurial skills with assignments and assessment techniques that could be replicated for many project-based language teaching contexts. The research achievements helped us measure video design, content, oral communication and organisational techniques.