2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research on the Communication Adjustment Abilities of Foreign Workers in Japanese Workplace Situations
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12680309
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese language education
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University (2002)
Kagoshima University (2000-2001) |
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Principal Investigator |
FOUSER Robert j Kyoto University, Graduate School, of Human and Environmental Studies, Associate Professor, 大学院・人間・環境学研究科, 助教授 (00278483)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
LORRAIN Marie-josee Takachiho University, Faculty of Business Administration, Associate Professor, 経営学部, 助教授 (90257808)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2002
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| Keywords | sociolinguistics / communication studies / ethnography / Japanese as a second language / social and cultural diversity / social construction of meaning / foreign workers in Japan / attitudes toward labor |
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| Research Abstract |
This research project focused on developing a framework for researching the linguistic and communication environment related to the social and relationship adjustment needs of foreign workers in Japan from an ethnographic and sociolinguistic perspectives
In 2000, preliminary research on the topic of foreign workers in Japan was conducted : In 2001, a pilot study based on interviews with foreign workers was conducted and the data was analyzed. Planning far a Web publication also began in 2001. During 2000 and 200 l, Robert J.Fouser, the head investigator, and Marie-Josee Lorrain, the ca-investigator, developed a research framework for the project based on ethnographic and sociolinguistic methodology. In 2002, final analysis was conducted an the topic and the results were made public to Japanese language teaching organizations on the Web (http : //yuldo.net/fouser/kakenreport.htm). The research proceeded on, schedule and produced the following results :
1. An ethnographic and sociolinguist
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ic approach is needed to develop an effective framework far conducting diverse social, cultural, and communicative related to act of teaching Japanese as a second or foreign language
2. An ethnographic and sociolinguistic research framework can contribute to deeper understanding of the role of intercultural comrnunication and social communication in teaching Japanese as a second or foreign language
3. In teaching Japanese as a second or foreign language, it is necessary to analyze the theoretical background embedded in the terminology used in sociolinguistics and communication studies
By developing a research framework, results from this research project offered solutions to the problem of how to research the communicative adjustment situations that foreign workers and other foreigners in Japan confront in Japanese companies and organizations. This research framework is also applicable to researching foreign workers in other countries where transnational migrant labor has become a salient social phenomenon Less
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Research Products
(12 results)
