EAP to Train Dieticians to Transmit Japanese Food and Food Culture to the World

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370652
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Nakamura Gakuen University Junior College
• Principal Investigator: TSUDA AKIKO 中村学園大学短期大学部, 食物栄養学科, 准教授 (30462089)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MATSUGUMA Miki 中村学園大学, 短期大学部・食物栄養学科, 教授 (40259669) ; YOSHIDA Hiroko 中村学園大学, 短期大学部・食物栄養学科, 准教授 (30321293)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: EAP / ESP / CLIL / 栄養士 / 和食 / 食文化 / 異文化間コミュニケーション / 食育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With the aim of creating an English for Academic Purposes program to train students capable of transmitting Japanese food and food culture to the world, I conducted a needs analysis by observing participants of international conferences and students in classes using technical English. The results show that for students to engage in work as dietitians upon graduation at workplaces such as hospitals, nursery schools and businesses, the fostering of intercultural communication skills is essential. It was found that CLIL programs based on collaboration of Japanese English instructors, native English instructors, and subject teachers was suitable for this purpose.

Free Research Field

英語教育