English material development for athletes to join overseas competitions

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520682
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
• Principal Investigator: YOSHISHIGE Miki 鹿屋体育大学, スポーツ人文・応用社会科学系, 教授 (80156265)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HIGUCHI Akihiko 鹿児島大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20189765) ; EIRAKU Hiromitsu 鹿屋体育大学, スポーツ武道・実践科学系, 助教 (50546760)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: アスリート / 自転車競技 / ヨット / 海外遠征 / プロテスト（抗議） / 英語学習支援

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The students in the cycling and the yacht clubs at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya participated in the study in July of 2011. Through a questionnaire, Yachtsmen and yachtswomen expressed the most need for English for the purpose of protesting during competition, and cyclists expressed the most need for English in asking for directions. The students of the Kendo club also participated in the study in 2012, and the researcher gave presentations at some conferences to report the results of the study.
During the latter half of the period for the present study, the researcher gathered some application guidelines for overseas competitions and papers related with yacht and cycling. For material development in ESP, the researcher purchased a kind of English e-learning material focusing on speaking and listening based on a lot of videos.

Free Research Field

英語教育、第２言語習得