Teaching and assessing the English language proficiency of high school students in task-based teaching classroom

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520620
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Kansai University (2013-2015); Hyogo University of Teacher Education (2012)
• Principal Investigator: Imai Hiroyuki 関西大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (80247759)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YOSHIDA Tatsuhiro 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科, 教授 (10240293) ; YANASE Yosuke 広島大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (70239820) ; 松井 かおり 朝日大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (70421237)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 授業研究 / 言語活動 / スピーキング評価 / 即興性 / 情動 / 感情

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project conducted a number of classroom observation/recording, lesson development with teachers, lesson studies with them, and (discourse) analyses of the records of those research activities. The overall result showed that the Japanese high school learners of English had less opportunities of language using activities in classroom in comparison to elementary and junior high school learners. In elementary and junior high schools, collaborative learning, task-based learning and other group-based learning activities were adopted by teachers more often and efficiently, in spite of the fact that senior high school students are more skilled and have more knowledge of English. The data (lesson analyses, discussion with teachers) revealed that high school curriculum had the problems in quantity and quality (genre) of English text they were exposed, and also in lack of appropriate assessment methods and opportunities.

Free Research Field

英語授業研究