Distinctive characteristics of high school students in a Japanese educational institution overseas and development of a teaching method

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15H06788
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Foreign language education
Research Institution	Hiroshima Jogakuin University
Principal Investigator	Sekitani Koki 広島女学院大学, 国際教養学部, 講師 (60759843)
Project Period (FY)	2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Keywords	日本人学校 / 在外教育施設 / 高校生 / 英語学習 / 学習観 / 学習動機 / 指導法 / 英語教育学 / 英語 / 特異性
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The present study aims to clarify the distinctive characteristics of high school students in a Japanese educational institution overseas and to develop a teaching method for those students. The results of questionnaires and interviews showed that although they do not value the importance of grammar learning at an early stage, they gradually learn the necessity of rules and become more autonomous learners. The results also showed that after they return to Japan, they recognize the meaning and joy of cultural exchange with foreign people, and that it enhances their motivation for learning foreign languages. Based on these results, a teaching method was suggested that aims to create and present a skit applying shadowing and dictation activities.