著者

林田 弘美

出版者

埼玉女子短期大学

雑誌

埼玉女子短期大学研究紀要 = Bulletin of Saitama Women's Junior College (ISSN:09157484)

巻号頁・発行日

no.4, pp.179-198, 1993-03

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This article discusses and explores some reasons for the poor proficiency in English shown by Japanese learners which has drawn increasingly fierce criticism from every sector of society and for which school is said to blame to a large extent. A questionnaire was administered to 251 junior college and university students to discover their motivations for English learning. A content analysis of the responses revealed that most of them do not have a clear reason for wanting English fluency and a definite goal for which to study it. This indicates the difficulties college English teachers meet in class and it is suggested that we should define what degree and in what way formal education can and has to do to help foreign language learning.