清泉アカデミックCan-Do尺度を利用した埼玉県外国語科設置校における高校英語教育改善の試み

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This study reports on an ongoing research project(2006-2008) to apply the Seisen Academic Can-Do Scale [CDS](Naganuma and Miyajima, 2006) to high school contexts in Saitama Prefecture. Firstly, the teachers in each of the participant high schools analyzed their English curriculum and identified classroom activities which correspond to the can-do statements in the Seisen Academic CDS. Next, attainable goals at each grade were discussed among the teachers with reference to the can-do and needs survey data of their learners. Each school differs in their skill focus and the idea of can-do framework allows the teachers to map the skills(and sub-skills) covered in their classroom activities and link them vertically across grades and horizontally with other classes. Several can-do items were then selected at each school and the evaluation tasks of the can-do items were developed. The process of development itself using the scale is found to be beneficial for the teachers as it makes them consciously examine the classroom tasks and materials they are adopting in their class and externalize their hidden internal syllabi or beliefs, which are sharable with their colleagues. In the next stage of the project, further development and modification of can-do tasks and items will be required to contextualize the can-do framework for their own school.
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