2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study of English language teacher education for young learners in Japan : Developing new strategies
| Project/Area Number |
19320085
|
|---|
| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
|
| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
|---|
| Section | 一般 |
|---|
| Research Field |
Foreign language education
|
|---|
| Research Institution | Kanda University of International Studies |
|---|
Principal Investigator |
KOBAYASHI Miyoko Kanda University of International Studies, 大学院・社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (00364927)
|
|---|
| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MIYAMOTO Yuzuru 神田外語大学, 児童英語教育研究センター, 専任講師 (10448920)
TANAKA Makiko 神田外語大学, 英米語学科, 准教授 (40236633)
|
|---|
| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
HASEGAWA Nobuko 神田外語大学, 大学院・言語科学研究科, 教授 (20208490)
HORIBA Yukie 神田外語大学, 大学院・言語科学研究科, 教授 (40316831)
|
|---|
| Research Collaborator |
MORITANI Hiroshi 神田外語大学, 言語科学研究センター, 研究員 (80524173)
|
|---|
| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
|
| Keywords | 英語教育 / 早期英語教育 / 小学校英語活動 / 指導者養成・研修 / 英語運用能力 / カリキュラム開発 / 言語能力評価 / 指導者資格認定 |
|---|
| Research Abstract |
We conducted a questionnaire survey focusing on the teachers' own perceptions of their training needs. The survey involved 418 teachers in state primary schools across Japan. The teachers were asked to identify the levels of English ability required to meet their needs in the classroom. The factors influencing their responses included : their self-perceptions of their own English proficiency levels ; different views of the objectives of English Language Teaching at primary school ; and variations in the mode of delivering the teaching. In addition the teachers' manuals for Eigo Note have been closely analyzed to identify their linguistic characteristics.
|
