科目情報
科目名 英語科教育研究B 
クラス c 
授業の概要 TEACHER RESEARCH FOR ENGLISH EDUCATION
Students are encouraged to research a wide range of teaching and learning techniques and their effects on English vocabulary acquisition. Mainly, I want for students to write a thesis that will help them to become stronger teachers. By studying how English learning tasks affect memory, learning, and motivation, students gain important insights into the learning process. Teacher reflection is also a very intersting and valuable topic. Again, students should strive to do research that will help them gain tools to teach effectively when they become English teachers. 
授業の到達目標 This is a seminar in English Education Research. The purpose is for students to develop their own research themes in preparation for their graduation theses. 
授業計画
内容
1Teaching and Learning Vocabulary (4): task effectiveness
Student presentations  
2Teaching and Learning Vocabulary (5): explicit and implicit learning
Student presentations  
3Teaching and Learning Vocabulary (6): learning strategies
Student presentations  
4Speaking and Fluency (3): measuring the strength of knowledge, response speed
Student presentations  
5Speaking and Fluency (4): the effects of learning and practicing English songs on fluency development
Student presentations  
6Testing (3): developing easy and difficult test problems
Student presentations  
7Testing (4): testing to improve motivation
Student presentations  
8Motivation (3): exploring factors that make students excited about learning
Student presentations 
9Research Methods (3)
Student presentations 
10Solidifying Research Themes (1)
Article Selection 
11Solidifying Research Themes (2)
Outlining and Summarizing  
12Solidifying Research Themes (3)
Discussion and Student presentations  
13Confirming Experiment Plans (1)
Experiments vs. Surveys 
14Confirming Experiment Plans (2)
Confirming Collaborators 
15Confirming Experiment Plans (3)
Discussion and Student presentations  
 
テキスト・参考書 The main texts in this seminar will be important journal articles related to second language acquisition research. Students will choose article according to their own research interest and report them to the class as they progress toward completing their graduation theses. As a base, two main articles will be read carefully:
(1) The Four Strands (Nation, 2007),
(2) Principles of Instructed Second Language Acquisition (Ellis, 2005)  
自学自習についての情報 Students in my seminar are expected to…
… have a strong desire and commitment to becoming an English teacher
… have a strong interest in how English is learned, taught, and tested in classrooms.
… be currently teaching or planning to find an internship or cram school job.
… join the 教え方研究会, and attend its meetings.
… attend local English education 学会 as much as possible.
… actively read research articles and books and apply ideas in practice teaching, piloting, and experimenting. 
授業の形式 ゼミ 
アクティブラーニングに関する情報 Students must actively research a topic they choose, research it thoroughly, and present findings in class often. 
評価の方法(評価の配点比率と評価の要点) Class participation 40%
Presentation quality 30%
Research effort and amount 30% 
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