2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An empirical study on evaluation of communicative competence through integration of elementary school and junior high school English education
Project/Area Number |
22520636
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Foreign language education
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Research Institution | Kyoto University of Foreign Studies |
Principal Investigator |
SAITO Eiji 京都外国語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (60162187)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KONDO Mutsumi 帝塚山学院大学, リベラルアーツ学部, 准教授 (20467533)
ISHIKAWA Yasushige 京都外国語短期大学, キャリア英語科, 教授 (90257775)
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
YAMAMOTO Reiko (60637031)
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Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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Keywords | 自己調整学習能力育成 / 小学校外国語活動 / カリキュラム開発 / 小中連携 |
Research Abstract |
This study aims to focus on developing an innovative teaching methodology for fostering self-regulated learning (SRL) behavior, as well as foreign language communicative competence, of 5th and 6th elementary school children and first-year junior high school students. Based on the findings of pre- and post-questionnaires for the elementary school children and homeroom teachers, and interviews with the teachers, it was concluded that homeroom teachers’ intervention greatly influence the elementary school children’s SRL behavior. The findings of pre- and post-questionnaires for the junior high school students, it was revealed that the methodology encouraged the students to engage in SRL.
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