The Use of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) in Academic and Business Contexts in Japan – An analysis of its use and implications for language education

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23320122
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: MURATA KUMIKO 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (10229990)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YANO Yasukata 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 名誉教授 (00130857) ; IINO Masakazu 早稲田大学, 国際学術院, 教授 (50296399) ; TERAUCHI Hajime 高千穂大学, 商学部, 教授 (50307146) ; TUCHIYA Keiko 東海大学, 外国語センター, 専任講師 (20631823) ; HOUSE Juliane University of Hamburg ; KUBOTA Ryuko University of British Colombia ; SEIDLHOFER Barbara University of Vienna ; WIDDOWSON Henry University of Vienna
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): BACKHAUS Peter 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 准教授 (40582888) ; HARADA Tetsuo 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (60208676) ; SAWAKI Yasuyo 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (00276619)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 応用言語学 / ELF / 英語教育 / ESP / 社会言語学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The contribution of the current research is classfied into the following three:① the deepening of understanding of the concept of English as a lingua franca (ELF) ② detailed description and understanding of the use of ELF in actual situations and ③ heightening awareness of the use of ELF and impliacations for language pedagogy. The first has been mainly achieved by holding various workshops and publishing working papers based on them. The second has been made possible by collecting and analysing various types of data from diverse ELF users in their use of ELF and by showing how cooperatively and successfully they achieve their communicative needs. Thirdly, disseminating these results and their implications by way of conference presentations and publications has contributed to heightening the awarness of people about ELF and to furthering pedagogical implications.

Free Research Field

応用言語学、共通語としての英語(ELF), 談話分析、会話分析、語用論、言語教育