難易度の高い教材を使用した授業による英語リスニング不安の変容

Changes in Learners’ English Listening Anxiety with Use of Difficult Materials

Yamauchi Yuka

広島大学大学院教育学研究科紀要. 第二部, 文化教育開発関連領域

Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University. Part. II, Arts and science education

The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in Japanese learners’ English anxiety after taking 15-week class in which difficult materials were used. Previous studies have revealed the sources of foreign listening anxiety (e.g., Kim, 2000; Vogely, 1998); however, only few experimental studies have been made in particular from problem-focused (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984) approach. The participants of this study were 25 university students, who were weak in English. A pre/post-design questionnaire survey was conducted, using the revised version of foreign language listening anxiety scale (Yamauchi, 2014). The result showed that the anxiety caused by difficulties of the materials and listeners’ bottom-up processing was significantly lowered, and gave further discussion for approach to lower other types of anxiety. The overall results suggested that teaching materials, which learners had taken as a source of anxiety, also could be a tool to moderate anxiety.

English

listening

anxiety

material

英語

リスニング

不安

教材

Education [ 370 ]

jpn

広島大学大学院教育学研究科

[ISSN] 1346-5554

[NCID] AA11618725