Fundamental research of English acquisition process of Japanese children overseas

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720253
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: IWAKI Nami 名古屋大学, 国際教育交流本部, 教授 (50436987)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 海外子女 / 英語習得

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focused on how Japanese children living overseas (in English speaking countries, in this case, U.S.,) acquire English through a questionnaire and an essay. The research took place at Japanese Saturday schools which are for Japanese children who attend local schools on weekdays to keep up with their Japanese language and also Japanese school curriculum on Saturdays. The questionnaire was made of 20-30 questions asking their English as well as Japanese learning environment, such as how many hours they spend watching TV program in Japanese, how many hours they spend corresponding with friends in Japan, whether they enjoy local schools, how many friends they made, what they worry about at local schools, and so on. The students were also asked to write an essay in English titled “what is your hobby?” and observed how many words they can produce, what kind of English they use to write the essay.

Free Research Field

第二言語習得