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The Development of Critical Thinking Skills and English Education

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370638
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Sheppard Chris  早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 准教授 (60350386)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) Manalo Emmanuel (MANALO Emmanuel)  京都大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (30580386)
木下 直子  早稲田大学, 日本語教育研究センター, 准教授 (40364715)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
KeywordsEnglish Education / Critical Thinking / Task Difficulty / TBLT / 外国語教育 / 批判的思考 / ESL / Task Complexity / Trade-off Effect / Japanese Education / Language Production / Linguistic Relativism / 英語教育
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Educators need to understand how to develop critical thinking skills. To do so, they need to understand what constraints there might be on their development. This paper describes research which attempts to determine if it is first language structure, or second language proficiency, or both which constrains critical expression. The written output of three groups of L2 learners (Chinese L1 learners of L2 Japanese, Japanese L1 learners of L2 English, and Korean L1 learners of L2 Japanese) was analyzed for written complexity and critical expression. The results demonstrated that L1 had little influence on critical expression in the L2, but L2 proficiency did.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 7 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results,  Invited: 4 results)

  • [Journal Article] 「日本語学習アドバイザーの育成に向けた実践的アプローチの効果の検討-自律的な学習者を支える質問力を中心に-」2018

    • Author(s)
      木下直子,トンプソン美恵子,毛利貴美,尹智鉉
    • Journal Title

      『早稲田日本語教育実践研究』

      Volume: 6 Pages: 77-86

    • NAID

      120006464284

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 「学習者オートノミー育成に向けた学習支援を考える-わせだ日本語サポートと他箇所との連携から-」2018

    • Author(s)
      古屋憲明,木下直子,武田誠,稲垣みどり,太田裕子,舘岡洋子,陳永盛,山田英貴
    • Journal Title

      『早稲田日本語教育実践研究』

      Volume: 6 Pages: 87-96

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Is ability grouping beneficial or detrimental to Japanese ESP students’ English language proficiency development2018

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C., Manalo, E., and Henning, M.
    • Journal Title

      English for Specific Purposes

      Volume: 49 Pages: 39-48

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.esp.2017.10.002

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 「日本と米国におけるオンライン教育と現状-身近な学習者にアドバイスするために-」2017

    • Author(s)
      木下直子
    • Journal Title

      『早稲田日本語教育学』

      Volume: 23 Pages: 21-30

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 韓国人学習者のクリティカル・シンキングにおけるスピーチレベルシフト2017

    • Author(s)
      柳東汶・木下直子・クリス シェパード
    • Journal Title

      日本語教育方法研究会誌

      Volume: 23 Pages: 60-61

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 意見文の説得力に関わる要因ー言語とタスク難易度との関係ー2017

    • Author(s)
      夏蕊・木下直子・クリス シェパード
    • Journal Title

      日本語教育方法研究会誌

      Volume: 23 Pages: 96-97

    • NAID

      130005797634

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] How might language affect critical thinking performance?2016

    • Author(s)
      Manalo, E., & Sheppard, C.
    • Journal Title

      Thinking Skills and Creativity

      Volume: 21 Pages: 41-49

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.tsc.2016.05.005

    • NAID

      120006477633

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 「学習者は発音テストのときに何を考えているのか-身体運動を用いた特殊拍の指導後のインタビューから-」『日本語教育方法研究会誌』24(1), 32-33.2017

    • Author(s)
      中村則子,木下直子,柳澤絵美
    • Organizer
      日本語教育方法研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Language input and the acquisition of Japanese lexical rhythm2017

    • Author(s)
      Naoko Kinoshita, Chris Sheppard
    • Organizer
      Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching 8th Annual Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Critical Thinking, Processing Capacity and Second Language Production2017

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C., Kinoshita, N.and Manalo, E.
    • Organizer
      23th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 「気持ちを伝える音声のWeb教材『つたえるはつおん』」2017

    • Author(s)
      木下直子,中川千恵子
    • Organizer
      7th International Conference on Computer Assisted Systems For Teaching & Learning japanese(CASTEL/J)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The acoustic properties of non-native vowels and the evaluation of the goodness of pronunciation.2017

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      the 50th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Developing learner autonomy in second language pronunciation for academic purposes2017

    • Author(s)
      Kinoshita, N. and Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      the 3rd International Conference for Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) at Higher Education Institutions
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Curriculum reform and materials development of an ESP lecture course.2017

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      the 3rd International Conference for Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) at Higher Education Institutions
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ability grouping in second language education: The mediating effect of proficiency2017

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      Focus on Language 2018
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Thinking Critically in a Second Language: What are the constraints and how can we overcome them?2017

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      JACET Critical Thinking Special Interest Group
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] クリティカルライティングにおけるタスク難易度とスピーチレベルシフトの関係2017

    • Author(s)
      ユ・ドンムン、木下直子、クリス・シェパード
    • Organizer
      JACET Critical Thinking Special Interest Group
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 意見文のタスク難易度と第二言語クリティカル・シンキングー中国語母語話者を対象にー2017

    • Author(s)
      夏蕊・木下直子・シェパード クリス
    • Organizer
      JACET Critical Thinking Special Interest Group
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Designing and managing a large scale TBLT based ESP curriculum2015

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      Invited Talk presented at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Thesis Group
    • Place of Presentation
      Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The effects of awareness-raising on the repeated performance of the same task and on a new task2015

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C. & Ellis, R.
    • Organizer
      In M. Bygate (Chair), Is task repetition repetition? And how is it useful for teachers? Colloquium conducted at the 6th International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-16
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 「批判的思考を取り入れた文章作成の指導-『コミュニケーションスキルの学び』の例から-」2015

    • Author(s)
      木山三佳、木下直子
    • Organizer
      Critical Thinking in Education Symposium
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Designing science instruction to support growth in students’ thinking2015

    • Author(s)
      Chinn、C.
    • Organizer
      Critical Thinking in Education Symposium
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Developing critical thinking skills in an EFL context: Case studies from Japan.2015

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C. and Manalo, E.
    • Organizer
      New York State TESOL 36th Annual Applied Linguistics Winter Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Columbia University
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-07
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Critical Evaluation in Students’ Written Work: Some Influencing Factors and Correlates.2015

    • Author(s)
      Manalo, E., & Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      Colloquium
    • Place of Presentation
      Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-06
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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