2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Constructing Plurilingual Communities in East Asia: Implications from Hong Kong

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Project/Area Number	15H03221
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Foreign language education
Research Institution	Hokkaido University
Principal Investigator	Kawai Yasushi 北海道大学, メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 教授 (60271699)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	佐野愛子北海道文教大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (20738356) 小林由子北海道大学, 学内共同利用施設等, 助教授 (30250517) 飯田真紀北海道大学, メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 准教授 (50401427) 横山吉樹北海道教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (70254711) 河合剛北海道大学, メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 教授 (70312981) 山田智久北海道大学, 国際連携機構, 准教授 (90549148) 杉江聡子北海道大学, メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 研究員 (90795048) 三ツ木真実北海道文教大学, 外国語学部, 講師 (80782458)
Research Collaborator	IMAIZIMI Satoko 北海道大学, 大学院国際広報メディア, 院生 YOROZU Miho 香港大学, 日本研究学科, 上級講師
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Keywords	多層言語環境 / 複言語主義 / トランスランゲージング / 多言語社会モデル / 人材育成
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this study is to examine the necessity of plurilingual language policy and human resource development in a multilayered linguistic environment in the East Asian region. Multilayered linguistic environments are influencing people in Hong Kong, in a variety of different ways from Japan. We analyzed this from the following three perspectives: language and communication, language education policy and language learners, as well as education and technology. By doing so, we received insights into how to solve problems in the multilayered language environments that Japan will face in the near future. Japan must overcome the mental constraints of a monolingual society, shift to a plurilingual social model, and develop translanguaging human resources with attitudes and abilities to use multiple languages. Several means to achieve these goals were suggested in this research. The results of this study were edited and printed in a 250-page research report.
Free Research Field	応用言語学