2014 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
理工系を専攻している日本人学生の第二言語自己・動機づけ
| Project/Area Number |
24520691
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
MATTHEW APPLE 立命館大学, 文学部, 准教授 (80411073)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
JOSEPH.J Falout 日本大学, 理工学部, 講師 (40339263)
ヒル・グレン アラン 帯広畜産大学, 畜産学部, 講師 (90443978)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | L2 motivation / possible L2 selves / L2 confidence / STEM students |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In our project, my research colleagues and I examined the motivations of Japanese science and engineering (STEM) students for English language learning. In 2012, we sent questionnaires to over 2,500 students at technical colleges, undergraduate universities, and graduate schools throughout Japan. 22 students were interviewed in July 2013. 15 of these same students were interviewed a second time in 2014 to see whether there were any changes in motivation. Due to this research, we found that although Japanese STEM students strongly feel that they need to learn English for their future jobs, they also have very low English confidence and do not see themselves as speakers of English. Students who believe they will become speakers of English have a tendency to have stronger motivation to learn, but the interviews revealed that the students never speak English in their English or in their science classes, and that their English and their science teachers never speak English to them. At technical colleges and undergraduate universities, classroom learning consisted mostly of translation and memorization of individual English words. Students rarely or never read research papers, wrote summaries of scientific papers, or did group discussion or presentations. However, at graduate school students were expected to read and write scientific English. Based on our findings, we strongly urge university educators of Japanese science and engineering students to teach science content courses in English, to better prepare science students in Japan for the demands of their future work places.
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Research Products
(4 results)
