Empowering Extensive Reading Teachers: A Grounded Theory Study to Align Teacher Practices with Student Strategies

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25K04337
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	Niigata University
Principal Investigator	G.S Hadley 新潟大学, 人文社会科学系, 教授 (70311008)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	ハドリー浩美新潟大学, グローバル推進機構, 准教授 (60534732)
Project Period (FY)	2025-04-01 – 2028-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
Budget Amount *help	¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000) Fiscal Year 2027: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000) Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000) Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords	Extensive Reading / Grounded Theory / Teacher Training
Outline of Research at the Start	Extensive Reading (ER) is an English teaching method which involves students reading large amounts of comprehensible material without relying on dictionaries or grammar instruction. This research will identify problems in ER classes and create an educational framework to improve ER instruction.