研究実績の概要 |
The focus of this study was the process of reasoning while reading literature. Worksheets that mainly included inferential questions about the literary texts were developed and revised. Some short stories, which were taught in class, did not pertain to a theme that the students were familiar with. Therefore, the activity of group discussion was incorporated into the classwork to further deepen the students’ understanding of the text and stimulate their critical and even creative reading skills. The discussion of each group was recorded in a voice recorder, and later transcribed. The transcripts were categorized into fourteen items to find out how a group discussion works. Sugimura studied the UK evaluation criteria of thinking skills. The following five items were selected from several keys related to critical thinking: assumption, bias, credibility of evidence, hypothetical reasoning and judgment (Fisher, 2011). Based on some of these, the students’ interpretations of a short story were analyzed. The result of the analysis was reported in an article. Sugimura and Minamitsu visited Bangor, UK to exchange opinions on the utilization of poetry to promote students’ evidence-based interpretation. Sugimura developed the worksheet to be used as a pre-reading activity for the poetry-reading class in the foundation programme. The aim of this worksheet was to launch the students smoothly into the process of critical and creative reading of poetry. Utilizing this worksheet, Sugimura and Minamitsu conducted a pilot lesson here.
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