Beliefs of self-regulated English learners in Japan

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02675
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Shinshu University
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Kosuke 信州大学, 学術研究院教育学系, 准教授 (40524294)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 鈴木 俊太郎 信州大学, 学術研究院教育学系, 准教授 (10548233) ; 島田 英昭 信州大学, 学術研究院教育学系, 准教授 (20467195)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 動機づけ / 英語 / 信念 / 自律性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated the beliefs of self-regulated English learners. We analyzed questionnaire answers of Japanese university students and business workers and found that (1) the beliefs were classified into the following three: effort, ability, and outcome; (2) the effort belief enhanced and the ability belief decreased learning behavior; and (3) the beliefs about the four language skills - i.e., listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills - were not differentiated.

Free Research Field

理論言語学、英語教育