FastwritingとComment feedbackが日本人EFL中学生のエッセイに及ぼす影響について

概要

論文の詳細を見る
Fastwriting is known as one of the best techniques for extending quantity of writing. Also, some researchers state that commenting on ideas is an efficient feedback for compositions. This study attempts to determine the effects of fastwriting with teacher's comment feedback on essays of Japanese EFL junior high school students in terms of fluency, accuracy, and quality. The subjects wrote practice-essays for 8 weeks in a fastwriting style or a normal style. The students in the fastwriting-group were given comment feedback, whereas the other group corrective feedback. The pre- and post- tests were analyzed from the four viewpoints such as the total number of words, the mean length of T-units, the total number of words in error-free T-units and the ratio of error-free T-units in total T-units. In addition, the post-tests were rated by three Japanese teachers and three native speakers of English. The results showed that fastwriting was useful for improving both fluency and quality. Accuracy seemed not to be improved by corrective feedback. Fastwriting technique and comment feedback might be incorporated into junior high school classrooms as a helpful method to conduct and sustain free compositions.
関東甲信越英語教育学会の論文
1999-03-01