Autonomous Genre-Based English Learning Platform for Global Businesspeople: Design and Evaluation

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26284082
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Takachiho University
• Principal Investigator: TERAUCHI Hajime 高千穂大学, 商学部, 教授 (50307146)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 荒木 瑞夫 宮崎大学, 語学教育センター, 准教授 (20324220) ; マスワナ 紗矢子 お茶の水女子大学, 外国語教育センター, 講師 (60608933) ; 照井 雅子 近畿大学, 理工学部, 准教授 (70610525) ; 内藤 永 北海学園大学, 経営学部, 教授 (80281898) ; 藤田 玲子 東海大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (90366930) ; 桐村 亮 立命館大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (40584090)
• Research Collaborator: MIKI Kosuke 一般財団法人国際ビジネスコミュニケーション協会, R&D室, チームリーダー ; YAMADA Masaki 小樽商科大学, 大学院商学研究科, 大学院生 ; MASWANA Sayako お茶の水女子大学, 外国語教育センター, 講師 (60608933)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ESP / ビジネスミーティング / プラットフォーム / 自律学習 / ビジネス英語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research provided the following three outcomes: (1) the publication of “Essential English for Business Meetings” (Asahi Press) , in which we proposed solutions for the identified difficulties in business meetings and created a model for the achievement goals and strategies for business meetings based on the career stage; (2) the development of an autonomous genre-based English learning platform for business meetings; and (3) the wide dissemination of the research findings and their significance by presenting at conferences in Japan and overseas as well as by organizing international symposia — a book containing the research results is scheduled to be published by Routledge in December 2019.

Free Research Field

応用言語学、英語教育学