2015 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Empirically Grounded Training Materials for International Negotiation
| Project/Area Number |
26370667
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| Research Institution | Kobe City University of Foreign Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
ZENUK西出 Lori 神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (30453145)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
立木 ドナ 神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (80347517)
ソープ トッド 近畿大学, 文芸学部, 准教授 (00460676)
木田 剛 筑波大学, 人文社会科学研究科(系), 准教授 (70584415)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | negotiation / Model United Nations / discourse analysis / Conversation analysis |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
To rectify this gap of empirically-grounded materials and methods for the teaching of academic spoken negotiation we successfully held and collected data at two Model United Nations conference for Japanese and non-Japanese University students at 4 Model Unites Nations.
In our second year of the project with the cooperation of other research team members, we continued to analyze data collected from the previous year and continued our data collection. We are doing our discourse analysis of Negotiation Phases（Thorpe・Zenuk-Nishide); Conversation Analysis of Relationship Development (Tatsuki・Kida) and Conversation Analysis of Identity and Face Management; and Emotional Expression (Kida・Tatsuki).
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
We are on schedule as were able to make transcripts of our data from 4 Model United Nations conferences and classrooms preparing for Model United Nations. We will continue to make transcripts. using Frederick Erickson’s system that shows verbal and nonverbal behavior in speaking and listening. We have also started to do discourse analysis.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
We will use our 2016 funding primarily for making decisions about what to include in our teaching materials from our data and begin to design the tasks. We will also keep collaborating with conversation analysis researchers on selected frames of recorded data to gather multiple perspectives. With available funding we will begin to continue to collect data on students that have used the piloted materials in the Japan University English Model United Nations hosted by Kobe University of Foreign Studies - June, 2016; the National Model United Nations hosted by Kobe City University of Foreign Studies - November, 2016; Tsukuba Model United Nations, December 2016; and The National Model United Nations, 2017.
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| Causes of Carryover |
We could not use our funds as we were waiting for a new models of software and we did not hire yet to finish transcription.
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| Expenditure Plan for Carryover Budget |
We will invest in new software, use the money for transcription and materials design.
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