著者

榊 哲

出版者

日本英語文化学会

雑誌

異文化の諸相 (ISSN:13460439)

巻号頁・発行日

no.31, pp.163-176, 2011-02-25

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss what lies behind the current situation where increasingly many university students need remedial classes for English in Japan, and then to try making three proposals for the issue. First, I will report what is going on in English classes in junior and senior high school, and discuss why some students get lost while they take English classes, and why they sometimes even stop studying English at the junior high school level. Next, I will discuss what may underlie the recent situation where some university students need supplementary lessons for English in Japan from the view point based on the statistical report by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Last, I will try making proposals for handling these issues with 3 points. (1) What to consider when making a syllabus for junior and senior high school, (2) Organizing small classes according to students' proficiency, and (3) Applying Second Language Acquisition research to the classroom so that more students can acquire sound basic English skills.