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2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Comparative Study of Foreign Language Education for Children - Language Policy, Teaching materials, Textbooks, Methodology -

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15320070
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionSeitoku University

Principal Investigator

YOSHIJIMA Shigeru  Seitoku University, Department of Human sciences., Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (50011309)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) FUKUZAWA Shusuke  Seitoku University, Department of Human sciences., Professor, 教授 (30008700)
OKA Hideo  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Professor, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 教授 (90091389)
KANAMORI Tsuyoshi  Ehime University, English Education Center, Professor, 外国語教育センター, 教授 (90204544)
SANO Masayuki  Teikyo University, Faculty of letter, Professor, 文学部・教育学科, 教授 (20042765)
KAN Hideaki  Seitoku University, Department of Human sciences., Assistant Professor, 助教授 (60234150)
Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2005
Keywordspedagogic objectives / common framework / political leadership / communication / consequent education / language competence / cross-cultural communication / cross-curriculum
Research Abstract

1)As for the pedagogic objectives of foreign language education, we have found that there are two typical and contrasting attitudes : the Korean type and the European type. The former puts emphasis on language competence in a narrow setting, while the latter more broadly aims for the nourishment of cross-cultural communication ability.
2)We have also noticed a distinctive tendency toward the establishment of general comprehensive goals and common core curricula. In Korea, under the strong leadership of the President, they reformed the English education system to use only one English textbook in common at every school. In Europe, contrarily, the Council of Europe took a long time to compile the guidance Common European Framework for Reference of Languages : Learning, teaching and assessment (2001), expecting this to become the common foundation for foreign language education in EU. One of the noticeable characteristics of the European language policy is that they do not put any emphasis … More on any particular language. In the US, on the other hand, though it has no legal validity, the ACTFL (the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) compiled the report Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century, which is intended to be used as a guideline for language education.
3)The existence of strong support from the governments is indispensable for the improvement of foreign language education. Without the political leadership, Finland could not have carried out its radical reform of its education system into an integrated one of junior high and senior high schools. In France, there is a WEB site (primalangue.education.fr) supported by the national government to help language teachers and carry on foreign language teaching at the primary school level. The Korean government decided to begin teaching English at the 3rd-year grade (age 8) throughout the nation with strong support for the audio-visual facilities. There remains, however, the problem that the service and opportunities for teacher training is limited at the local level.
Foreign language education in Japan still holds the idea of American structuralistic linguistics, and the TV programs for English learning and the lessons at primary schools are far from the idea of the communicative language approach. The problem of cross-curricula also remains untouched in Japan. These short-comings seem to result from a misunderstanding of what "communication" is. For a better system of teacher training and more effective methodology, the acquisition of a clear idea of "communication" must be one of the biggest tasks to be undertaken. Less

  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 2003

All Journal Article (17 results) Book (7 results)

  • [Journal Article] 英語教育の一貫性を考える - 問題の概観と慶応義塾への提言2006

    • Author(s)
      吉島 茂
    • Journal Title

      慶応義塾大学外国語研究センター「外国語教育研究」 2

      Pages: 1-23

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Issues in Bilingual Education - with special reference to the Japanese context2006

    • Author(s)
      岡 秀夫
    • Journal Title

      東京大学外国語教育学研究会『研究論集』 10

      Pages: 24-40

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] フランスの初等学校における外国語教育2006

    • Author(s)
      志賀 淑子
    • Journal Title

      聖徳大学人文学部『研究紀要』 16号

      Pages: 47-54

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Foreign Language Education at Primary Schools in France2006

    • Author(s)
      SHIGA, Yoshiko
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Dept. of Human Sciences, Seitoku Univ. No.16

      Pages: 47-54

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Continuity of English Education2006

    • Author(s)
      YOSHIJIMA, Shigeru
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Foreign Language Education vol.2

      Pages: 1-23

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Issues in Bilingual Education -- with Special Reference to Japanese Context2006

    • Author(s)
      OKA, Hideo
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Foreign Language Teaching Association, University of Tokyo vol.10

      Pages: 24-40

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 山内豊、藤尾美佐(共著)「ストラテジーほどのように機能するのか?-『実践的コミュニケーション能力』を考える2005

    • Author(s)
      岡 秀夫
    • Journal Title

      東京大学外国語教育学研究会『研究論集』 No. 9.

      Pages: 1-21

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 絵本がもたらすもの2005

    • Author(s)
      福澤周亮(共著:福山幸恵, 渡辺弥生)
    • Journal Title

      指導・評価 No.603

      Pages: 46-50

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Effects of Picture Books2005

    • Author(s)
      FUKUZAWA, Shusuke, HUKUYAMA, Yukie, WATANABE, Yayoi
    • Journal Title

      Instruction and Evaluation No.603

      Pages: 46-50

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Problems of English Education in Japan -- Objectives and Continuity of English Teaching2004

    • Author(s)
      HASEGAWA, Hiroki
    • Journal Title

      Foreign Language Education III

      Pages: 3-24

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Foreign Language Education of Minority Groups in Bilingual Milieux -- A Case Study of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture2004

    • Author(s)
      LEE, Wensheng
    • Journal Title

      Foreign Language Education III

      Pages: 25-34

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] English Teaching at Japanese Primary Schools -- The Present Situation and the Prospects2004

    • Author(s)
      SANO, Masayuki
    • Journal Title

      Foreign Language Education III

      Pages: 35-49

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Foreign Language Education at Primary Schools -- The Typology and Its Tasks2004

    • Author(s)
      YOSHIJIMA, Shigeru
    • Journal Title

      Foreign Language Education III

      Pages: 50-68

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Situation and Prospects of K-12 Education of Foreign Language Education in the U.S.2004

    • Author(s)
      KAN, Hideaki
    • Journal Title

      Foreign Language Education III

      Pages: 85-97

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The EOLE Approach in French Switzerland -- Practices at Geneva Schools Open to Plural Languages2004

    • Author(s)
      SHIGA, Yoshiko
    • Journal Title

      Foreign Language Education III

      Pages: 98-116

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Influence of Music upon Writing Stories2003

    • Author(s)
      YABUNAKA, Masayo
    • Journal Title

      Science of Reading vol.47-2

      Pages: 39-49

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Language Education in Japan -- Ideals and Realities2003

    • Author(s)
      OKA, Hideo
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Foreign Language Teaching Association, University of Tokyo vol.7

      Pages: 1-20

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 小学校英語活動の実践的研究 : 藤沢市の場合.『子どもの心を広げる-ドラマ的な活動を取り入れた小学校英語活動-』収録2006

    • Author(s)
      佐野 正之
    • Total Pages
      43-50
    • Publisher
      藤沢市教育文化センター
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] 『これからの小学校英語教育-理論と実践』樋口忠彦他 担当第二章2005

    • Author(s)
      金森 強
    • Total Pages
      34-49
    • Publisher
      研究社
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Book] Foreign Language Education III -- Kindergarten and Primary School (Hasegawa, Hiroki (ed.))2004

    • Author(s)
      Yoshijima, Shigeru
    • Publisher
      Tokyo, Asahi Shuppan-sha
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] Foreign Language Education III - Kindergarten and Primary School (HASEGAWA, Hiroki (ed.))2004

    • Author(s)
      YOSHIJIMA, Shigeru
    • Publisher
      Tokyo, Asahi Shuppan-sha
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] Bilingual Education in Japan2003

    • Author(s)
      OKA, Hideo, et al.
    • Publisher
      Sanshu-sha
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] Teaching Methodology of German -- Building a Scientific Foundation and Practices2003

    • Author(s)
      YOSHIJIMA, Shigeru, et al.
    • Publisher
      Sanshu-sha
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] Kyoiku-Shuppan2003

    • Author(s)
      KANAMORI, Tsuyoshi (ed.)
    • Publisher
      English Teaching at Primary School -- Theories and Practices for Instructors
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2007-12-13  

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