Analysing the factors impeding the degrees of Willingness to Communiate in English

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520722
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan
• Principal Investigator: MATSUOKA RIeko 独立行政法人国立国際医療研究センター, その他部局等, 研究員 (20469977)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): POOLE Gregory 同志社大学, 教授 (60307147) ; MATSUMOTO Kahoko 東海大学, 教授 (30349427)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): JOHNSON Michel 室蘭工業大学, 准教授 ; TSUTSUMI Rie 立教大学, 講師
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: コミュニケーション意欲 / コミュニケーション不安 / other-directedness / 世間体

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The social anthropological factors were explored in order to find the causes leading Japanese college students with sufficient English proficiency and motivation of communication to be hesitant in communicating in English. The questionnaire consisting of 238 items from previous studies was tried with Japanese college students several times, and as a result, the number of items was reduced into 42 items. The final version of questionnaire was administered to Japanese students and Italian students, and the Japanese social anthropological factors such as other-directedness were revealed. In addition, for the pedagogical application for raising the degree of willingness to communicate, the presentation in English in class as a part of extensive reading was found to be effective among many Japanese students.

Free Research Field

応用言語学