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
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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.