Improving the General English Education Curriculum in Ehime University : The Development and Significance of English Language Proficiency Benchmarks (Can-Do Lists)

• YAMANISHI Hiroyuki

  Ehime University

• HIROMORI Tomohito

  Ehime University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 適切な指導と評価を目指した,愛媛大学共通教育「英語」カリキュラム開発への取り組み : 英語運用能力判断基準(Can-Doリスト)の開発とその意義

Abstract

This paper reports the current attempt to develop English language proficiency benchmarks (Can-Do lists) suitable for students at Ehime University. A survey was conducted in order to create the educational and achievement goals for the university's General English Education courses and the standards for assessing the level of achievement of those goals. This paper focuses especially on the benchmark of the writing course and describes the concrete procedure by which it was established. If we set appropriate achievement goals and assessment standards we can decide on assessment standards and methods that conform to them. Once such standards and methods have been decided, we can use them as the basis for developing more effective teaching methods. Thus, this paper will be a beneficial source of information for both language educators and curriculum designers who intend to create more appropriate educational and achievement goals for their students and improve methods of teaching and evaluation suitable for them.

Journal

• ARELE: Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan

  ARELE: Annual Review of English Language Education in Japan 19 (0), 263-272, 2008

  The Japan Society of English Language Education

Details

• CRID: 1390282680798797696
• NII Article ID: 110008512363
• DOI: 10.20581/arele.19.0_263
• ISSN: 24320412
• ISSN: 13448560
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed