タケイ　ミツコ   TAKEI Mitsuko   竹井　光子    所属   広島修道大学  国際コミュニティ学部    職種   教授
発表年月日	2022/03/19
発表テーマ	Significance and potentials of L2 Japanese learners’ contact with L1 speakers in a virtual “third” space
会議名	2022 AATJ (American Association of Teachers of Japanese) Annual Spring Conference
主催者	AATJ (American Association of Teachers of Japanese)
学会区分	国際学会
発表形式	口頭（一般）
単独共同区分	共同
開催地名	USA (virtual)
発表者・共同発表者	Mitsuaki Shimojo, Miho Fujiwara & Mitsuko Takei
概要	This study explores how learners of Japanese as a foreign language in U.S. universities perceive their virtual contact experience with L1 speakers in Japan and other learners of Japanese in the U.S. In the small-scale project conducted in November 2021, learners participated in two types of task-based conversation sessions via Zoom, firstly only with L2 learner(s) and then with L1 speaker(s). The post-session survey and interview were designed to investigate the learners’ perception of where the conversation took place in terms of the two situations and how the presence of other (native or non-native) speakers influenced the interaction. A reflexive thematic analysis of the survey/interview data has revealed the learners’ mixed perception of virtual L1 and other L2 speaker contact, which hints at characteristics of thirdness. The results from the analysis will also be discussed to present insights for future virtually designed exchange activities with L1 speakers.