How the musicality of utterances made in the setting of music-related activities stimulates communication among people with intellectual disabilities

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370484
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Hyogo University of Teacher Education
• Principal Investigator: UDO MARIKO 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科, 教授 (40183751)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 高野 美由紀 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科, 教授 (70295666)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): NUMATA Rii 神戸大学, 国際文化学研究科, 研究員 (10585350)
• Research Collaborator: MITSUDO Yumiko 松山おはなしの会, 会長 ; UMETANI Hiroko 兵庫県, 音楽療法士 ; HARA Mariko Hogskolen i Hedmark, Researcher ; Grove Nicola , Open Story Tellers Founder ; Joffe Victoria City University of London, Associate Dean
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 知的障害児・者の対話促進 / 多感覚 / 即興性 / 音声表現 / ジェスチャー / ストーリーテリング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The focus of this empirical study is to study specific practices that can stimulate communication with intellectually disabled people. The musicality of words and body movements (gestures) were observed and analyzed from the interdisciplinary fields of linguistics, developmental science and education practice, for connections between the music or storytelling activities and an acceleration of communication abilities. Observations took place in the classrooms and during leisure activities.
Our findings suggest that an interactive musical environment with stories has the potential to improve the quality of life of intellectually disabled people by providing the means for growth in their ability to communicate. By making inroads into the lives of the intellectually disabled through these interactive musical activities, we can benefit from the increased contributions of the disabled by gaining a wider perspective as a society.

Free Research Field

言語学