2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A comprehensive study of language, gestures, emotions, and strategies used by Japanese EFL learners in English communication
| Project/Area Number |
23520669
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University of Education |
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Principal Investigator |
IZUMI Emiko 京都教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (10388382)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | コミュニケーション方略 / 身体性・ジェスチャー / 情動 / スピーキングタスク / 会話分析 / 異文化間コミュニケーション |
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| Research Abstract |
This research tried to examine the phenomenon and the mechanism of the breakdown, failure and repair that arise when a Japanese EFL learner communicates, and considered synthetically the relation between linguistic competence, emotions, gestures, and strategies. Moreover, this investigated what kind of difference is seen compared with Asians when Japanese people performed intercultural communication with an English native speaker.
As data, communication tasks and pair conversation in English which participants performed were recorded with IC recorders and video cameras, and analyzed from the viewpoint of gestures, strategies and emotions. The questionnaire survey was also implemented. In addition, use of effective strategies, the function of gesture, and the relation between L1 and L2 and the influence of gesture into English conversation were investigated.
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