2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
An Empirical and Practical Study of Communication and Speech Development in the Introductory Stages
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17530669
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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 |
Education on school subjects and activities
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| Research Institution | Kumamoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWANO Junko Kumamoto University, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor (80380989)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TSURUTA Seiji Tsuru University, Faculty of Literature, Professor (30180061)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | teaching individual subjects / native language course / introductory stage / communication / development |
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| Research Abstract |
This study was designed to investigate speech development in the introductory stages, primarily with a sociocultural approach, focusing on 1. formation of communication (both speaking and writing abilities) and 2. development of logical thinking through learning of descriptive sentences. The study adopted multidisciplinary methods. First, principles of teaching in the introductory stages were explored on the basis of records of lessons given by teachers on the method of writing sentences about daily life (Shigenori Tsuchida, Toshio Mikami, Kenjiro Konishi, Tadami Toda, et. al.), which can be considered essential to native language acquisition. Then, using clinical research methods, attempts were made to clarify the process of communication formation through quantitative arid qualitative analyses (discourse analysis and protocol analysis) based on 4-year observation of the lessons given by Teacher Sumiko Hashimoto at Kumamoto City Honjo Elementary School. Then, through joint research wi
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th practitioners, a proposal was made on composition of elements in teaching of descriptive sentences in the introductory stages as well as lesson course/methods. This research is scientifically significant in the following respects : 1. it is aimed at improving native language education in the introductory stages on the basis of historical and practical viewpoints ; and 2. it proposes new principles and elements of learning on the basis of practicing and evaluating experimental lessons with a practical scientific approach. This study is viewed as follows in the context of domestic and foreign trends of research in this field. Domestically, no preceding research has proposed principles of introductory native language education with a sociocultural approach. No proposal has been made domestically on composition of elements (curriculum organization) for teaching descriptive sentences on the basis of findings of experimental lessons. There is currently a trend in foreign countries toward exploring factors associated with speech development of pupils with sociocultural approaches, though no study with a practical scientific approach exploring sociocultural factors limited to the introductory stages of learning has yet been reported. Less
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