A Longitudinal Study of English Language Activities at a Kindergarten : Focusing on Shifts in Instructional Practices

• SUGINO Naoki

  Gifu University

• KOGA Yuya

  Shukugawa Gakuin College

• KAWASHIMA Hirokatsu

  Nagasaki College of Foreign Languages

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• COLTによる幼稚園英語活動の継続的研究 : 活動内容の変容に焦点をあてて

Abstract

This paper reports on the findings from the authors' observation of English language activities at a kindergarten over a period of one year. 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 found that there were 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. The present study is the first stage of an ongoing research project which attempts to elucidate heuristics of instructors, i.e., "an instructor's decision-making strategies as s/he faces various classroom situations." Implications of the present study and points for further research will be discussed in the last section of the paper.

Journal

• ARELE: Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan

  ARELE: Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan 15 (0), 71-80, 2004

  The Japan Society of English Language Education

Details

• CRID: 1390001205821961984
• NII Article ID: 110008512265
• DOI: 10.20581/arele.15.0_71
• ISSN: 24320412
• ISSN: 13448560
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
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