2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on the Vocabulary in Chinese Textbooks Using Quantitative Text Analysis
| Project/Area Number |
20K13124
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
| Review Section |
Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
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| Research Institution | Kindai University |
Principal Investigator |
ABE Shintaro 近畿大学, 法学部, 講師 (70759836)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | 中国語教科書分析 / 中国語教育 / 中国語語彙 |
| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The primary objective of this study is to conduct a quantitative text analysis of Chinese textbook vocabulary, exploring its characteristics and biases, and identifying future challenges. During the research period, we outsourced the task of inputting textbook text, which allowed us to obtain a large volume of text data from Chinese textbooks and related books, contributing to future research. However, regarding the analysis software KH Coder, despite receiving paid support, our analysis revealed that the accuracy of Chinese morphological analysis and part-of-speech classification was insufficient. Consequently, we had to abandon the planned analysis using a large dataset. Therefore, we urgently shifted our approach by reducing the number of textbooks analyzed and examining the vocabulary characteristics and biases without using KH Coder. This revised methodology enabled us to identify the features and biases of the textbooks and outline future challenges.
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| Free Research Field |
中国語教材分析研究
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
現在、中国語教科書は数えきれないほど出版されており、一見多様化しているように見える。しかし、本研究により、教科書には大きな偏りがあることが判明した。この偏りは中国語教育において、教員、出版社が何十年もの間「常識」とされてきた部分であるが、現在の中国語教育の学修環境から考えると、変えていくべき部分でもある。それを本研究で明らかにできたことは大きな成果である。本研究で行った考察の視点、結果は、今後の中国語教科書はもちろん、中国語教育での教授法研究、教材開発研究においても、重要な視点になると考える。
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