Development, Verification and Dissemination of English Language Education Programs to Promote Young Japanese Learners L2 WTC

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00786
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: Monoi Naoko (山賀尚子) 千葉大学, 教育学部, 教授 (70350527)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): J・A Elwood 明治大学, 総合数理学部, 専任教授 (00400614) ; 星野 由子 千葉大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80548735)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: L2 WTC / L2 perceived competence / 国際的志向性 / L2不安 / 小学校英語 / パフォーマンス評価

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The outline of this research is the "development, verification, and dissemination of English language education programs to promote L2 WTC" for 3rd to 6th graders who are in the introductory stage of English learning. In the first year of the study, we observed periods of Foreign Language Activities and those of Foreign Languages in elementary schools and recorded changes in students' "situated WTC" and "L2 perceived competence" in conjunction with the activities (interactions) in the classroom using a reflection sheet. Furthermore, "trait WTC" was measured using the L2 WTC Questionnaire for Children, and the linkage between in-class activities (exchanges) and L2 WTC was investigated.

Free Research Field

外国語教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、授業中の活動（やり取り）と入門期の英語学習者である児童の「L2 WTC」および「L2使用に関する自己効力感」(L2 perceived competence)の変容をつぶさに捉えることで、英語に関する知識の獲得・技術の精錬に伴った学習者の心的変化を時系列で把握することができる。これらの概念は学習者の学習言語使用、また、運用能力との関係性が指摘されている概念であるため、その関係性を一般化することにより、多くの児童の外国語学習を促進することが可能となる。