| 研究実績の概要 |
Stage 2 of the research project was conducted this past year. This involved analyzing the prominence of rhetoric in Japanese university English oral communication courses. This qualitative study examined if rhetoric-based instruction is addressed in a sample of English language oral communication textbooks, before documenting the language learning experiences of ten Japanese university students. An amalgamation of the data reveals there is a current dearth of explicit instruction related to rhetoric. Although some micro-rhetorical techniques were featured in many of the textbooks examined in this study, they were rarely taught in an explicit manner and were frequently introduced simply as a means of improving the clarity and structure of the speech or presentation being made. From a macro perspective, the term rhetoric, its history, and its significance were not a core focus of any of the books analyzed. The student participants in Phase 2 were also largely unaware of the concept of rhetoric, although several demonstrated latent knowledge of rhetorical techniques, largely due to previous instruction from the researcher. The findings from this study were published in an international academic journal. The findings and related pedagogical implications were disseminated at four major international conferences and one domestic conference.
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