Investigating junior high school English teachers' beliefs towards CLT and English as the medium of instruction

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25K04279
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
Research Institution	Kindai University
Principal Investigator	FERGUSON Peter 近畿大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (20783947)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	デラリチャード近畿大学, 総合社会学部, 准教授 (90721423) Leeming IanPaul 近畿大学, 経済学部, 教授 (60646173)
Project Period (FY)	2025-04-01 – 2028-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000) Fiscal Year 2027: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2025: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords	CLT / junior high school / English teachers / medium of instruction / Q methodology
Outline of Research at the Start	This mixed-methods study will investigate junior high school English teachers’ beliefs towards communicative language teaching (CLT) and the policy demands of using English as the medium of instruction using Q methodology.