Action Research Zero – ARZ

Active from/to: 2016

Research Team: Prof. Marcella Mariotti (Principal Investigator), Prof. Noriko Ichishima (Project Leader), Prof. Hideo Hosokawa (Guest Supervisor)

Project participants: 10 students from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

What is this project about?

Action Research Zero is the first attempt to apply Hosokawa Hideo’s “activity-based” class model (Hosokawa 2008) to zero beginners in Japanese language outside of Japan. In an “activity-based” class, learners set a theme of interest to themselves and engage in repeated dialogues with others about it, aiming to acquire the language while deepening their awareness of the theme (Mariotti & Ichishima 2022). The output of the workshop proved as solid base for the development of NoLBrick concept for foreign language education beyond levels.

The book reporting the full process and results of the project is available below.