Is English Capital for the Japanese?
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24520610
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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 | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
TERASAWA Takunori 日本学術振興会, 特別研究員PD
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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| Keywords | 日本人 / 英語使用 / 資本 / 混合メソッド / 国際語としての英語 / 言説 / 社会言語学 / 大規模無作為データ / ナラティブ研究 / JGSS / インタビュー / ナラティブ / ＪＧＳＳ / 英語使用の目的 / 性差と学歴差 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study reports on a mixed-method study which investigates whether English proficiency is capital for the Japanese. Bourdieu's concept of capital has highlighted the learners' own assessment of the investability to second language learning. In the discourse of globalization, English is nominated as the international language of economic opportunities, and education policies particularly in Kachru’s expanding-circle nations re-enforce the discourse. However, the statistic and narrative data in the present study indicate that in Japan, English proficiency becomes capital only for a small minority and in conditions which involve complex accumulation and trades of other forms of capital such as educational background. The study empirically demonstrates how the neoliberal discourse of English as capital is disconnected from local practices.
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