Developing multimodal learning material for Spanish as a foreign language based on the balance of communicative and structural approaches and on the concept of intercultural communicative competence

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370614
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: SILVA Cecilia N 東北大学, 高度教養教育・学生支援機構, 講師 (40361208)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 外国語教育 / 多文化 / 異文化 / マルチモダリティ / 教材作成

Outline of Final Research Achievements

After literature review and evaluation of current material, we found an insufficient application of intercultural issues in educational material for Spanish at levels Platform, A1 and Access, A2. Thus, we focused on the development of a theoretical framework and managed to design a model based on four concepts: material development, communicative approach in language learning, intercultural communicative competence, and multimodality.
Based on the above mentioned theoretical model we were able to print a handbook, produce videos, and develop digital material for the classes of Spanish. The content of the handbook combined language skills with multicultural and intercultural topics adapted to the level, interests and needs of Tohoku University students. We produced educational videos with native speakers to introduce a multiplicity of language varieties and regional customs. Moreover, we designed one digital activity to prompt intercultural discussion using the grammar points in study.

Free Research Field

言語教育