Sociolinguistic Research on the Discourses of Multicultural Workplaces in Japan: Understanding the Linguistic Behaviour and Overcoming Communicative Issues in Cross-cultural Interaction Among Workers

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Planned research activities for year 3 (2021.4~2022.3) included: (1) Further analysis of data; (2) Presentation of results at (inter-)national conferences; (3) Feedback of results to participants; (4) Development of resource to assist workplaces with cross-cultural communication issues; (5) Preparation of final report on project results.Due to COVID-19, many of the planned activities were unable to be fully completed.Research achievements for the above period are as follows:(1) Analysis of data collected from 10 workplaces continued.(2) Research results were published/presented at conferences. A round-table event was also held at Kansai University in Dec. 2022 at which all members of the research project gave presentations on their recent research.(3)~(5) Due to the COVID-19 situation, completion of the last three objectives has been delayed so an extension of the research period was successfully applied for. Now that the COVID situation has eased somewhat, it is anticipated that the remaining objectives will also be able to be met during the 2023 academic year.