2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An inquiry into establishing continuity between primary school foreign language activities and junior high English classes
| Project/Area Number |
23520743
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Fukushima University |
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Principal Investigator |
MAHONEY Sean 福島大学, 行政政策学類, 助教 (50292454)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
INOI Shin'ichi 茨城大学, 教育学部, 教授 (80254887)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 外国語教育 / 英吾教育 / 早期 / 小学校 / 中学校 / 連携 / 全国調査 / ALT |
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| Research Abstract |
This inquiry into primary foreign language activities and its effects on junior high English education covered 2873 teachers: 1802 primary grade 5 and 6 homeroom teachers, 387 primary ALTs, 515 junior high English teachers, and 169 junior high ALTs nationwide. In this last year of our funding, we completed the input and analyses of quantitative and qualitative data from our four surveys, and presented at academic conferences (four domestic and one international). We published a paper in Japanese on part of the results obtained and have another to be published in English in the KOTESOL Proceedings 2013. A full report on all of the data accumulated has also been printed in book form (116 pages), and has been distributed to scholars, local schools and libraries; we also plan to send copies to prefectural boards of education throughout Japan. A homepage with links to our published paper and final project report has also been created, and can be viewed at www.ipc.fukushima-u.ac.jp/~a085/
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