2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Use of Motivation Episodes in English Teacher Education

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23531206
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Education on school subjects and activities
Research Institution	Ehime University
Principal Investigator	IKENO Osamu 愛媛大学, 教育学部, 教授 (70294775)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	教師教育 / 学習意欲 / 質的データ
Research Abstract	This research is about the use of motivation episodes in teacher education. The researcher first collected and analyzed episode data of motivating/demotivating experiences from Japanese EFL learners and has developed theoretical models of motivating and demotivating factors. These episode data and the models were utilized to develop a program of L2 learning motivation in a teacher education course. In this program, the participants (i) reflect upon selected motivating/ demotivating experiences, (ii) share and discuss their reflections in a group, (iii) identify underlying factors, and (iv) deepen their understanding by integrating their reflection with theoretical concepts (e.g., attainment, attribution and self-determination). This case study provides important implications for pre- and in-service English teacher education, in terms of the usefulness of motivation episodes, and more generally in terms of effective ways to promote reflection on language learning experiences.

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