Pedagogical Significance of Japanese English from EIL/ELF perspective

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370718
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Okazaki Women's University
• Principal Investigator: KOMIYA TOMIKO 岡崎女子大学, 子ども教育学部, 教授 (40205513)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 国際英語 / 日本人英語の特徴 / コーパス / 英語教育 / ＥＬＦ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aims of the present study are 1)to make clear grammatical and pragmatic features of Japanese English which reflect cultural characteristics of the Japanese language, 2) and to elucidate pedagogical effects of EIL/ELF theories in higher education. Characteristic features of Japanese English such as thematization, frequent use of empathic expressions, etc. were identified. Using the data from the Corpus ICNALE-Spoken, we examined the word-per-minute (WPM) in L2 English speeches by Japanese learners and found that the WPM of Japanese learners was less than the WPM of most Asian learners of English. We also identified some co-relation between learners’ familiarity to basic ideas of EIL/ELF and their commitment to English communication.

Free Research Field

人文学