Foreign language activities in special needs school for children with hearing impairment

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14283
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09060:Special needs education-related
• Research Institution: Gifu University
• Principal Investigator: Suzuki Yoshitaka 岐阜大学, 教育学部, 助教 (00794033)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 聴覚障害 / 外国語活動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Due to the rapid globalization in recent years, the importance of foreign languages (especially English) is increasing. Foreign language activities became compulsory in 2020 at elementary schools. However, foreign language activities are not sufficiently considered at special needs schools for hearing impairment. In this study, we analyzed elementary school English textbooks prepared for children with hard of hearing in Korea. As a result, we clarified the composition of English textbooks, activity items that appear in each lesson of textbooks, the number of items of each skill in the entire textbook, and the characteristics of Korean English textbooks.

Free Research Field

特別支援教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

外国語の学習活動において、韓国では聴覚障害児用の教科書が作成していることを報告し、教科書の分析を行うことで、教科書の特徴について明らかにした。このことは今後わが国においても、聴覚障害児用の教科書作成する際に参考になる視点である。