Investing influences of study-abroad experiences on language learning and intercultural understanding in EMI programs

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370734
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Iino Masakazu 早稲田大学, 国際学術院, 教授 (50296399)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 社会言語学 / 言語政策 / 英語教育 / 留学 / EMI / 非英語圏 / グローバル人材 / ELF

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated the influence of study abroad experiences on the Japanese students who were dispatched to the EMI (English medium instruction) programs in non-English speaking countries/regions, in term of their development of linguistic and cultural awareness. Based on the ethnographic study, employing on-line questionnaires, study-abroad portfolios, classroom observations, interviews, and focal group discussions, it was found that those students, being immersed in multilingual/multicultural environment, developed their skills to etically and emically analyze and recognize their use of language, such as Japanese, English, and local language(s), and to be freed from the externally imposed linguistic “nativism.”

Free Research Field

社会言語学