A qualitative study of preservice EFL teachers' cognition and grammar teaching: Beliefs and the related factors.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15K02784
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Foreign language education
Research Institution	Kanazawa University
Principal Investigator	TAKIZAWA Yuichi 金沢大学, 学校教育系, 教授 (00332049)
Project Period (FY)	2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords	英語教育 / 教員養成 / 言語教師認知 / 文法指導 / 英語科
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study examined the following three points about the beliefs on teaching grammar and the related factors on which Japanese preservice EFL teachers rely in drawing up their lesson plans: (1) the impact of their experiences of learning English at school and the teacher education program at university, and teaching practicum, (2) the relationships among the three factors that have effects on their beliefs, (3) changes in their beliefs through their experiences in the teacher education program and teaching practicum. An analysis of the data obtained through the questionnaires, interviews and classroom observations revealed the complex nature of the relationships among the related factors and qualitative changes in their beliefs on teaching grammar.
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	結果として、講義や教育実習を通じて、信念および学習者経験、教育実習、講義等が相互に複雑に影響し合っていること、信念が質的に変容していること、などを明らかにした本研究は、言語教師認知に関する一連の研究の中に位置づけられ、同時に、今後の大学の講義における文法指導についての扱いや教育実習での指導の改善に資するものである。