Simulating the Wild through Experiential Language Learning (SWELL)

• Project/Area Number: 20H01283
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: T・S Greer 神戸大学, 大学教育推進機構, 教授 (10320540)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Hauser Eric 電気通信大学, 大学院情報理工学研究科, 准教授 (30361827) ; BURCH Alfred.Rue 神戸大学, 大学教育推進機構, 特任准教授 (60869113)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2025-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥15,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,690,000); Fiscal Year 2022: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥6,110,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,410,000)
• Keywords: 会話分析 / 英語学習 / 第２言語教育 / タスクベース学習 / ロールプレイ学習 / 学外言語学習

Outline of Research at the Start

The Tokyo-based TGG facility offers an experience-oriented program where students use English in realistic roleplay and content-focused contexts. By conducting a detailed conversation analysis of student-instructor interaction, our study aims to explore the way that students use English in this innovative educational environment. The research will focus particularly on their co-accomplished interactional competence and investigate the notion of "language learning in the wild" within this unique context.