Development of Teaching Materials to Improve Question-and-Answer Skills in Oral Presentations

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370585
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Yamagata University
• Principal Investigator: Nishina Hiromi 山形大学, 大学院理工学研究科, 准教授 (10431644)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KAMADA Michiko 宇都宮大学, 国際学部, 准教授 (40372346) ; HIGASHIYAMA Yoshio 山形大学, 理工学研究科, 名誉教授 (50144209) ; YASUHARA Kaoru 山形大学, 理工学研究科, 助教 (60375318)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 教材開発 / プレゼンテーション / 質疑応答 / 話し合い / コミュニケーション能力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we developed teaching materials on academic presetations in Japanese.The teaching materials have two features. The first feature is that in addition to using tradition texts, the teaching materials also make use of short movies to image the learners in the language. Four movies were produced for this study: 1) Laboratory introduction, 2) Research introduction, 3) Class presentation, and 4) Graduation thesis presentation. Students who used the materials reported that they helped facilitate their understanding of the performance aspects of academic presentations in through watching real-life examples. The second feature of the teaching materials is to that they show several types methods for responding difficult questions such as misguided questions from listeners in Q & A sessions. They also teach that there is no definitive way to response to questions and that it is important for students themselves to decide the appropriate way in which to respond in each situation.

Free Research Field

日本語教育