2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Development of on-line test of pragmatic test for Japanese EFL learners
| Project/Area Number |
17520380
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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 |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
FUKAZAWA Seiji Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Education, Professor (00144791)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMASHITA Sayoko Tokyo Medical & Dental University, International Students Center, Professor (90220334)
KITE Yuriko Kansai University, Institute of Foreign Language Education and Research, Professor (00309204)
OZASA Toshiaki Fukuyama Heisei University, Faculty of management, Professor (30041007)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | pragmatics / on-line / test / speech acts / pragmatics learning tool |
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| Research Abstract |
This project aimed to develop on-line based testing and data-collection tool for the study of L2 pragmatics for university-level Japanese EFL learners and to develop a self-access tool for learning pragmatics. The research outcomes are as follows: 1) the design and development of an online-based tool as an alternative to the traditional paper-and-penci1 type for extensive data collection on interlanguage pragmatics; and 2) enabling self-access study of 12 pragmatics for college-level Japanese ha learners. This tool will consist of a battery of 32 DCT (Discourse Completion Test) situations (each accompanied by a photo or cartoon as a stimulus) which focus on situations involving pragmatic conflict. Participants can submit their responses straight to the database at their own convenience. Targeting 'College-age Japanese EFL learners, the speech act situations (apologies, complaints, refusals and requests) were collected following sera (-structured interviews with a group of 2nd-year Japanese university students while they were on extensive ESL and homestay programs in the UK This online tool will help university-age EFL learners lean pragmatically appropriate responses in face threatening speech act situations which they are most likely to encounter in study abroad contexts.
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Research Products
(12 results)
