2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Comprehensive Understanding of the English Scholastic Ability of Junior High School Students in Japan

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Project/Area Number	20H01682
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 09040:Education on school subjects and primary/secondary education-related
Research Institution	Hiroshima University
Principal Investigator	MATSUURA NOBUKAZU 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(教), 名誉教授 (30229413)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	木下博義広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(教), 教授 (20556469) 影山和也広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(教), 准教授 (60432283)
Project Period (FY)	2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Keywords	英語教育学 / 英語学力 / 学力調査 / 国際調査 / 教科教育学
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The English ability of Japanese junior high school students, especially in production, is quite low, and there is a great difference among students. Although there is a correlation among skills and abilities, there is almost no transfer between them. Questions that are similar to the contexts used at school have high scores, and there is a problem with generality. The correlation between subjects is high at over 0.6, but the details have to be studied more. The causal relationship between the English teaching and the students' actual answers is less than 0.1. This result indicates that the effect of instruction is extremely small. School surveys have revealed that high-achieving schools have improved learning, discipline, motivation to learn, problem-solving activities, and English teaching content. When the percentage of students receiving aid exceeds 30%, English ability is affected. In addition, there is no relationship between school size, location and English ability.
Free Research Field	教科教育学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	英語教育は学習指導要領により約10年に一度改定されるが、生徒の学力実態を把握することなく感覚的に行われてきた。本研究は、国が悉皆で実施した全国学力調査の結果を分析することにより、史上初の実態を解明することができた。その点だけでも学術的維持は大きい。加えて、学校調査や生徒調査の結果を加えて包括的に学力ならびに学習実態を明らかにすることができた。本研究結果を基に、日々の英語指導を改善することができ、それは国民の英語学力の向上につながる点で社会的意義は大きい。加えて、学習指導要領の改善など国の英語教育の改善に寄与できる研究となった。