An Investigation into the Applicability of English Writing Centers in Japanese Secondary Education
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19K00833
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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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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
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| Research Institution | Sophia University |
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Principal Investigator |
HARWOOD Chris 上智大学, 国際教養学部, 助教 (90816076)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2019)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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| Keywords | Writing Center / Qualitative / Case Study / Secondary Education / Mediation / Writing / English / School |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
April 2019 ; March 2020: Case Study Research (Micro-analysis)
Three first year students from Sophia University will be studied for one year as case studies. alysis will be used to pinpoint, examine, and recording patterns within data..
April 2020-March 2022: Fact finding and data gathering in United States
In 2019 and 2020 the applicant will attend the annual IWCA Conferences for fact finding and data gathering purposes.
By March 2022 a final report will be written up and submitted to an international peer-reviewed journal, such as International Journal of Educational Research.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I have collected writing center research data. I conducted 9 interviews with writing center students and 9 interviews with writing center tutors. I have collected multiple drafts of the student writing and am in the process of analyzing this data. I have visited ICU Secondary School Writing Center and collected documents and interviewed the teacher that founded the center.
I have also given two presentations, one in Japan and one in the USA connected with this data collection.
2019 Presentation: Writing Centers in Japanese High Schools. Japanese Association for Language Teaching (JALT) Conference. November 2,Nagoya, Japan.
2019 Presentation: Could English Writing Centers Work in Japanese High Schools? International Writing Center Association Conference. October 19, Ohio, USA.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
I have been proactive in implementing my research design and gathering data. In the Spring term of 2019 I applied for the conferences I presented at while collecting data. I have done a great deal of reading and research on writing centers, and been able to utilize professional connections in the field to facilitate my progress. I have also been given excellent support from my institution, Sophia University, in administrating research trips and gathering data.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, presenting at conferences and visiting writing centers could prove problematic. For this reason I intend to focus on writing up the research I have completed so far and submitting it for publication. I intend to apply for to present this research at conferences held in February/March 2021. I will also attempt to visit university writing centers in Japan when the pandemic is over.
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Report
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Research Products
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