How to use literature written in English for Japanese learners of English

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520305
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: ONO Akira 広島大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (20283228)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 英語教育 / 英語文学 / 文学によって育まれる英語力 / フォーカス・オン・フォーム / 自主学習 / 英語文学教材 / 高等教育における英語文学 / 中等教育における英語文学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Literature written in English has seldom been used in Japan as teaching materials. This situation might be deplorable from a viewpoint that regards literary language as one of the best liguistic forms. This study has tried to identify effective ways in which literature can be used in the EFL (English as a Foreign Language) context. The following are the four main findings of the study:
(1) the ways in which literature could be dealt with in a faculty of education (2) English abilities to be developed through literature in a senior high school (3) examples of literary works as English teaching materials (4) a way in which literature could be used for fostering self-learning

Free Research Field

英語教育内容学