Developing an effective ESP curriculum integrating analysis with NIRS for engineering students in Japan

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370672
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Ashikaga Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: TOBITA RUMI 足利工業大学, 工学部, 准教授 (40364492)
• Research Collaborator: KOBAYASHI TOSHINORI 足利工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (70133642) ; MANDAI OSAMU 足利工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (10337298) ; YUBUNE EIICHI 東洋大学, 総合情報学部, 教授 (70339208)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: NIRS / ESP / 教育工学 / 授業設計 / カリキュラム / ATI (適正処遇交互作用） / 脳科学 / 習熟度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is developing an effective course design by using analysis with NIRS (near-infrared spectroscopy) for Japanese EFL learners at a technical college from the viewpoint of brain science and educational technology to meet ESP (English for Specific Purposes) curriculum goals: to develop global engineers. NIRS is widely recognized as a practical non-invasive optical technique to detect characteristic of hemoglobin density dynamics response during functional activation of the cerebral cortex. In the field of educational technology, Attitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI) is an important element, so that ATI based experiments have conducted to clarify the preferable combinations of learners’ characteristics, teaching materials and methods by comparing the brain activities of learners in different English proficiency levels. The results showed that using analysis of NIRS for EFL learners could be a very useful method to get an idea to develop effective ESP course.

Free Research Field

人文学