Mixed Methods Analysis of Video-based Foreign Language Learning Process

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02730
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Seisen University.
• Principal Investigator: Okada Yasuko 清泉女子大学, 付置研究所, 非常勤講師 (40364830)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 伊藤 武彦 和光大学, 現代人間学部, 教授 (60176344) ; 澤海 崇文 流通経済大学, 社会学部, 助教 (60763349)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: モデルビデオ / 観察学習 / 英語教育 / 振り返り学習 / 混合研究法 / スピーチ / アクティブラーニング / 学習者評価

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to examine the educational effects of video viewing on students’ foreign language proficiency and public speaking skills in an English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom at a Japanese university. We conducted replication studies on how watching model videos in proficiency order affects the effects model video viewing has among two groups of Japanese students, with one group watching them in high- to low-proficiency order and the other group in the reverse order. The findings from quantitative analysis were not consistent. Further, the findings from text mining and qualitative analysis indicated that watching both high-proficiency and low-proficiency model videos enhances learners’ motivation to practice public speaking. We propose that using video recordings in the EFL classroom creates a learning environment that encourages students to develop a deeper understanding of the learning process.

Free Research Field

英語教育