Development of ESP Teaching Method in Life-long Education

• Project/Area Number: 23653189
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Kagawa University
• Principal Investigator: MIZUNO Koichi 香川大学, 経済学部, 教授 (20243751)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 生涯教育 / 学習動機 / 映画英語 / 学習動機づけ / 英語教育 / ESP

Research Abstract

This study tried to identify the motivational factors that facilitate adult learners' English language learning. More than 80 sessions of teaching were carried out by the rescearcher using the action research method. The data colledted were analyzed statistically, but no strong factor has been extracted. The failure in the study is due to the limited number of participants who have totally different motivations and attitudes toward learning English. Although generalization was impossible, but many intuitive insights have been gained from this study.