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2014 年度 実績報告書

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

研究課題

研究課題/領域番号 24520691
研究機関立命館大学

研究代表者

MATTHEW APPLE  立命館大学, 文学部, 准教授 (80411073)

研究分担者 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)
研究期間 (年度) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
キーワードL2 motivation / possible L2 selves / L2 confidence / STEM students
研究実績の概要

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.

  • 研究成果

    (4件)

すべて 2015 2014

すべて 学会発表 (4件) (うち招待講演 1件)

  • [学会発表] Uncovering the motivational self-congruency of EFL students2015

    • 著者名/発表者名
      Glen Hill
    • 学会等名
      American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2015 Conference
    • 発表場所
      Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • 年月日
      2015-03-22
  • [学会発表] Comparing possible L2 selves of STEM students2014

    • 著者名/発表者名
      Matthew Apple, Joseph Falout, Glen Hill
    • 学会等名
      JALT 2014 Annual Conference
    • 発表場所
      Tsukuba, Ibaraki
    • 年月日
      2014-11-24
  • [学会発表] An Exploration of the Possible L2 Selves of Japanese science students2014

    • 著者名/発表者名
      Matthew Apple, Joseph Falout
    • 学会等名
      Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliqué (AILA) 2014 World Congress
    • 発表場所
      Brisbane, Australia
    • 年月日
      2014-08-15
  • [学会発表] The 'state' of L2 motivation in Japan: When a state is not a state2014

    • 著者名/発表者名
      Matthew Apple
    • 学会等名
      Kansai University of International Studies (KUIS) Summer Seminar 2014
    • 発表場所
      Amagasaki, Hyogo
    • 年月日
      2014-07-05
    • 招待講演

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公開日: 2016-06-01  

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