Preparing English teachers for success with the MEXT guidelines
| Project/Area Number |
17K02891
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Akita International University |
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Principal Investigator |
Hale Christoper 国際教養大学, 国際教養学部, 准教授 (40552360)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SIM Malcolm 国際教養大学, 国際教養学部, 准教授 (00795924)
町田 智久 国際教養大学, 専門職大学院グローバル・コミュニケーション実践研究科, 准教授 (40648771)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
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| Keywords | Teacher training / English in English / MEXT course of study / teacher training / reflective practices / MEXT guidelines / CLT / Teacher Training / MEXT Guidelines / English teaching / MEXT Guidlines / Reflective teaching / curriculum development |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The research progressed well, and we had received cooperation from various elementary and secondary school institutions. The final year of the project saw us provide teacher training in Aomori, Akita, Yamagata and Fukushima. We were able to offer workshops in all prefectures in Tohoku, which was the main purpose for providing this teacher-training. At all workshops, teachers were able to learn effective teaching techniques applicable to the MEXT guidelines emphasizing communicative language teaching. Feedback was positive with many participants indicating they were motivated to change their teaching. We are confident that the teachers experiences will result in meaningful change in their daily teaching practices. Further research will need to be conducted to ascertain the impacts more succinctly.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
Through post-training questionnaires, focus group interviews and observations of teachers in their own classrooms, we feel confident that this project has had a positive impact on the daily teaching practices of teachers.
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Report
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Research Products
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