| 研究課題/領域番号 |
21K00714
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| 研究種目 |
基盤研究(C)
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| 配分区分 | 基金 |
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| 応募区分 | 一般 |
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| 審査区分 |
小区分02100:外国語教育関連
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| 研究機関 | 順天堂大学 |
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研究代表者 |
WADDEN Paul 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (00238833)
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| 研究分担者 |
小野田 榮 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (00296328)
野村 佑子 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 助教 (20712954)
HALE Christopher 国際教養大学, 国際教養学部, 准教授 (40552360)
アメルズフォート マルセル 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 先任准教授 (50771341)
城座 沙蘭 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 助教 (70845114)
FERREIRA Daniel 成蹊大学, 国際教育センター, 講師 (90594094)
吉野 康子 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 非常勤講師 (50321435)
今井 純子 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 准教授 (00458506)
松本 恵美子 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 嘱託教員 (50811080)
マドレー ジョン 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 嘱託教員 (10970080)
マーティン マリア・ハナ 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 嘱託教員 (30970090)
レイシー ベサニー 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 嘱託教員 (80970087)
大津留 ソフィー 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 嘱託教員 (90970088)
梅原 洋陽 順天堂大学, 国際教養学部, 嘱託教員 (90829863)
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| 研究期間 (年度) |
2021-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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| 研究課題ステータス |
交付 (2023年度)
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| 配分額 *注記 |
4,160千円 (直接経費: 3,200千円、間接経費: 960千円)
2023年度: 2,210千円 (直接経費: 1,700千円、間接経費: 510千円)
2022年度: 1,040千円 (直接経費: 800千円、間接経費: 240千円)
2021年度: 910千円 (直接経費: 700千円、間接経費: 210千円)
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| キーワード | English for liberal arts / English curriculum / CLIL-based learning / TOEFL / Japan higher education / Liberal Arts / CLIL / English Education |
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| 研究開始時の研究の概要 |
This research study posits that the principal reason is that Japanese high school and university curricula focus largely on language skills and do not coherently build basic knowledge and vocabulary in the traditional fields of the liberal arts upon which the TOEFL is based. As action research testing this original hypothesis for the first time, this study will design and implement a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) curriculum in one of Japan’s newest faculties of liberal arts and measure the outcomes using the TOEFL exam.
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| 研究実績の概要 |
In accordance with our original plan, in 2023-24 the 6 liberal arts modules (Sociology, Economics, Earth Science, Health and Medicine, Zoology, and Natural History) were used as the core texts across the entire first-year program of 15 classes 4 koma a week for approximately 230 students. These course materials were significantly further developed and refined. Once again the TOEFL outcomes were highly successful. By using liberal arts content to develop students’ academic reading and listening skills instead of commercial communicative textbooks, the TOEFL ITP gain in 2023-24 was 107% greater than for students over the previous six years in the pre-existing curriculum. This was below the TOEFL ITP gain of 2022-23 (140% greater than for students in the new curriculum compared to the historical average) but it strongly corroborated—and exceeded—the results of our 2021-22 pilot study. In that transitional year, 3 of 15 classes using a CLIL approach for 2 koma a week showed a 70% higher TOEFL gain.
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| 現在までの達成度 (区分) |
現在までの達成度 (区分)
2: おおむね順調に進展している
理由
The Kakenhi-supported research is proceeding according to its original plan with results that exceed initial expectations. Although Covid slowed the first year of the grant-based research, the research and the implementation of the new liberal arts CIL-based curriculum are currently following the original schedule.
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| 今後の研究の推進方策 |
These outcomes and data seem to strongly support the researchers’ central KAKENHI “Prediction” in 2020 that 4 koma a week of “liberal arts-focused English study during students’ first year will at least double current ITP TOEFL score gains.” One unexpected revelation of the researchers is that AI tools such as ChatGPT can be very useful in modifying content-based materials to fit different instructional levels. The researchers have been reporting their approach, methods, and results in a series of presentations at major language-teaching conferences across Japan (see below) as well as in published articles. By the end of 2024-25 academic year, the researcher hope to share their curricular materials on a common platform to partner with other universities.
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