2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Theoretical and Practical Study on Instructor's Heuristics in Teaching English as a Foreign Language at Kindergarten Level
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14380114
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
教科教育
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| Research Institution | Shukugawa Gakuin College |
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Principal Investigator |
KOGA Yuya Shukugawa Gakuin College, Department of Human Communication, Associate Professor, 人間コミュニケーション学科, 助教授 (80321149)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KAWASHIMA Hirokatsu Nagasaki College of Foreign Language, English Department, Associate Professor, 英語学科, 助教授 (60259736)
SUGINO Naoki Ritsumeikan University, College of Information Science and Engineering, Associate Professor, 情報理工学部, 助教授 (30235890)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2004
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| Keywords | teaching English as a foreign language / heuristics / class observation / early childhood English education / COLT / database |
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| Research Abstract |
This study reports on the findings from some observations of English language activities at kindergarten level in Japan. One of the researches, which the authors' have completed, was investigated over a period of three years. Part A of the Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching (COLT) Observation Scheme (Spada and Frohlich, 1995) was employed to describe the various aspects of classroom practice. The authors elucidate the changes in many aspects of the instructional practices, which appear to reflect shifts in instructional focuses as children grow and as they become accustomed to life at the kindergarten. In addition, in another research of the comparison among different classes, the authors show some factors of educational surroundings lead to disjuncture between learners' world and the target language.
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Research Products
(4 results)
