2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study about pupils' motivation toward English and communicative and affective attitudes toward different cultures
| Project/Area Number |
23520768
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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 | Aichi University of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
ADACHI Rie 愛知工科大学, 工学部, 准教授 (70574052)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 外国語活動 / 動機づけ / コミュニケーション / 小学校英語教育 / 異文化 / 情意要因 / 性差 / 学級担任 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study investigated pupils' motivation toward English, communicative attitudes toward different cultures and other affective attitudes at some elementary schools when the number of classes of "foreign language activities" was increasing. The result shows as follows. 1) Pupils' motivation tended to decrease a little. 2) Their communicative attitudes also tended to decrease. Therefore, the more pupils experience "foreign language activities," the more it would be difficult for teachers to make pupils raise their motivation and positive communicative attitudes. 3)4) The two factors affecting motivation and communicative attitudes were "Attitude toward learning" and "People around the learner." The first factor includes a confidence in English, the value of effort and so on. The second factor refers to the encouragement from peers, teachers and parents. 5) The girls maintained their motivation and communicative attitudes more than the boys.
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