Investigating the effective factors to improve Japanese college students' English proficiency: A perspective from students' affective needs
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19K13269
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
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| Research Institution | Japan University of Health Sciences |
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Principal Investigator |
稲田 貴子 日本保健医療大学, 保健医療学部看護学科, 教授 (70438927)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2022)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Keywords | motivation / self-confidence / enjoyment / anxiety / English proficiency / Enjoyment / Anxiety / proficiency improvement / language choice |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This longitudinal study (a questionnaire and an interview survey) examines the relationships between each student's English proficiency growth and some factors such as a teacher's language choice, each student's foreign language enjoyment and foreign language classroom anxiety,motivation,and so on.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The purpose of this research is to identify how the emotional (foreign language enjoyment and foreign language classroom anxiety) and psychological (motivation and self-confidence) factors might differentially stimulate students' attainment of higher English proficiency in student-centered communicative lessons which includes pair/group work. A multiple linear regression analysis and an essay survey in which the students were asked to write about their feelings regarding the student-centered lessons showed that Students who scored high in TOEIC IP enjoyed studying in pairs/groups with their classmates and were highly motivated and independent.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Due to COVID-19, the experiment could not be conducted as planned.Although the classes were face-to-face in 2022, there was still a slight tendency to refrain from pair and group work.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Initially, I surveyed English proficiency as the dependent variable and anxiety and enjoyment as independent variables, but I found that this was not sufficient. Therefore, I added motivation, confidence as independent variables. This year, I plan to add mindset and autonomy as independent variables to the survey instead of anxiety and enjoyment.
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Research Products
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