Toward minimizing L1 interference in Japanese healthcare professionals
| Project/Area Number |
17K02895
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Kawasaki Medical School (2020)
Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences (2017-2019) |
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Principal Investigator |
Janjua Najma 川崎医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (90403477)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
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| Keywords | mother tongue / L1 / interference / pronunciation / healthcare professionals / communication / intelligibility / safety / medical / healthcare / L1 interference / Pronunciation / Japanese ELLs / Medical English / Healthcare |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Error-free communication is indispensable for safe and effective healthcare delivery. In this project, two pronunciation practice guides were developed that can help Japanese students in medicine and allied disciplines minimize interference from their mother tongue and thereby improve their ability to pronounce medical terms intelligibly. The developed guides, named medical pronunciation practice guide-1 (MPPG1) and medical pronunciation practice guide-2 (MPPG2), train the learners to acquire intelligibility by comparing the English-way-of-pronunciation (EWP) of English words with their Japanese-way-of-pronunciation (JWP). The results of test trials of the guides conducted on more than 100 Japanese health sciences majors demonstrated a remarkable increase in EWP frequency in the students at the end of a 15-week semester during which they did weekly practice using each guide. The results offer a promising approach toward minimizing L1 iterference in Japanese healthcare professionals.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
As Japanese universities continue to introduce medical English in their health sciences curricula, the guides developed in this research offer a practical approach to raise health professionals who can speak English accurately, and thereby are better prepared for their role in a globalized society.
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Research Products
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