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ESP in Social Sciences -Needs Analysis in Legal, Economics -Business and Its Application to English Education for Japanese Adult Leamers-

社会科学中的 ESP -法律、经济方面的需求分析 -商业及其在日本成人学习者英语教育中的应用-

基本信息

批准号：
15520371
负责人：
SAITO Sanae
金额：
$ 1.6万
依托单位：
School of Letters at Tokai University
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
财政年份：
2003
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
2003 至 2004
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

The goal of this study is to analyze the needs of English in discourse communities of legal, economics -business in Japan and to propose further exploration of ESP approaches for Japanese adult learners based on ESP theories. In order to examine English needs in the workplace, a questionnaire survey had been conducted for the past two years. Described here is an interim report of the language needs of business people in Japan including the overseas filed-researches done by Sasajima and Terauchi. Firstly, the findings have shown three major points; (1) diverse IT-related genres were presented, (2) all four skills and intercultural communication skills were required and (3) multiplicity in business activities with more Asian countries for business purposes were revealed. Furthermorae, most workers attached the importance of use of English to the development of presentation skills, reading and writing skills for various genres for specific purposes required and to their lexical awareness in context. These findings suggest how ESP could satisfy adult learners of English needs for their professional goals and fulfill their communication proficiency needs to meet business requirement in this IT age. Lastly, the filed-researches on curriculum designs of EBP (English for Business Purposes) and on communication styles in legal discourse communities in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United States presented further prospect of ESP course designs and will be more beneficial and stimulating for English teachers as well as professionals in Japan. Further research will be dam in legal, economics/business to achieve the teams ultimate goal, that is, to provide alternative ESP approaches to English programs not only at college level but also in professional discourse communities in response to individual learner needs for their purposes accordingly.

本研究的目的是分析日本法律、经济、商业语篇群体对英语的需求，并基于 ESP 理论，提出进一步探索日本成人学习者 ESP 方法的建议。为了了解职场英语需求，近两年进行了问卷调查。这里描述的是日本商务人员语言需求的中期报告，包括笹岛和寺内进行的海外实地研究。首先，调查结果显示了三个要点； (1) 展示了与 IT 相关的多种类型，(2) 需要所有四种技能和跨文化沟通技能，(3) 揭示了出于商业目的与更多亚洲国家开展商业活动的多样性。此外，大多数工作人员都重视英语的使用对于发展演讲技巧、出于特定目的所需的各种体裁的阅读和写作技巧以及他们在上下文中的词汇意识的重要性。这些研究结果表明，ESP 如何满足成人英语学习者实现职业目标的需求，并满足他们的沟通能力需求，以满足 IT 时代的业务需求。最后，对香港、台湾和美国的EBP（商务英语）课程设计和法律话语社区沟通方式的实地研究，进一步展示了ESP课程设计的前景，对日本的英语教师和专业人士来说将更加有益和刺激。进一步的研究将在法律、经济/商业领域进行，以实现团队的最终目标，即不仅在大学水平，而且在专业话语社区中为英语课程提供替代的 ESP 方法，以响应个人学习者的相应需求。