Development of a program for the verbal communication competence

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23530835
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Kyoto Notre Dame University
• Principal Investigator: KOYAMA Tetsuharu 京都ノートルダム女子大学, 人間文化学部, 准教授 (60367977)
• Research Collaborator: SIEGEL Jason Claremont Graduate University(United States)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 言語コミュニケーション / コミュニケーション能力 / 認知的複雑性 / 理論的理解 / コミュニケーション教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

<1>Development of the Communication Competence Training Program: The principal researcher developed a communication program that involves three major components: theory learning, self-evaluation, and practices, and administer the program to a group of students enrolled in communication courses at a college level (taught by the principle researcher himself).
<2>Measurement of Communication Competence: Communication Competence and other related variables were measured both prior to and after the program. The results showed a significant improvement in <a> their theoretical understanding of the concept "communication," <b> their cognitive complexity, and <c> abilities to design effective messages in several communication situations (e.g., comforting, regulating, etc.).

Free Research Field

コミュニケーション学