2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Cultural Factors Intervening in Videoconferencing: Their Effects and Consequences under the Use of a Remote Server System
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22520526
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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 |
Japanese language education
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
MIURA Kanae 金沢大学, 国際機構留学生センター, 教授 (50239175)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OHTA Akira 金沢大学, 国際機構留学生センター, 教授 (40303317)
FUKAGAWA Miho 金沢大学, 国際機構留学生センター, 准教授 (00583171)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | ビデオ会議 / 遠隔教育 / 異文化理解 / 異文化コミュニケーション / ディスカッション / 異文化ディスカッション / 日本語教育 / 海外協定校 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research, we organized and analyzed the Videoconferencing which was done in the Japanese language by the groups of university students in Japan, Thailand, Turkey and Australia. The outcomes of the research are summarized as follows:
(1) Smoother discussions were observed in the videoconferences between two stations than among multi-stations.
(2) The frequency of turn-taking was significantly higher in the Japan-Australia videoconference than the Japan-Thailand and Japan-Turkey videoconferences.
(3) The discussion topics such as “Marriage” and “Job” were proven to be appropriate topics for the students’ cross-cultural discussions.
(4)The discussions became active when students brought up new sub-topics by themselves. The types of new sub-topics differed depending on the groups.
The factors back-grounding the aforementioned outcomes of this research, whether they are cultural or group-specific, have not been clarified yet. They are the target of our future research
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Research Products
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