グローバル化時代における言語アセスメントの意義

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'Linguistic Assessment', a derived concept from 'Linguistic Audit' or 'Needs Analysis,' is a sociolinguistic activity that analyses perceived or unperceived language needs in an organization or a language context, assesses existing language resources or language uses in it, and by proposing possible and concrete measures to meet the needs or to improve the situation, tries to find solutions for specific language problems. In this paper the authors outline the aims and methods of Linguistic Assessment, compare it with Linguistic Audit, and give four examples of assessment to show its applicability: language education policies in New Zealand (ch.3), an assessment of the generic use of 'he' from the viewpoint of feminism (ch.4), an assessment of language services at tourist attractions in Kyoto (ch.5), and a self-assessment of language learning methods and materials in terms of 'dominant languages in classrooms' and 'mediating languages in teaching materials' (ch.6). In the age of globalization, Linguistic Assessment is expected to have a growing significance by directly connecting research development in the field of sociolinguistics to the language needs of specific organizations or situations.
社団法人大学英語教育学会の論文