An Integrated Approach to Developing Japanese Students' English Presentation and Discussion Skills

KAWANO Yasutaka

TSUIDOU Kazuaki

KANESHIGE Noboru

IKEOKA Shin

SETOGUCHI Shigehisa

SENGIKU Motoji

TAGA Tetsuya

FUKUZAWA Takeshi

MATSUO Saori

学部・附属学校共同研究紀要

THE ANNALS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

[PISSN] 1346-5104

[EISSN] 2435-9041

[NCID] AA11551679

We examined the types of difficulties that Japanese high school students have in English presentation and discussion activities. We conducted factor analysis (principal factor method with promax rotation) on the survey data, which was divided into four stages: (1) the presentation preparation stage; (2) the presentation stage; (3) the listening stage; and (4) the discussion stage. The results showed that students had difficulty with the following skills during each of the four stages: (1) "effective ways of providing information," "revision," and "collaborative work" during the presentation preparation stage; (2) "basic presentation skills," "handling questions," and "audience management" during the presentation stage ; (3) "active interaction" and "active understanding' during the listening stage; and (4) "overcoming communication anxiety," "adaptation to classroom activities," "problem solving approach," and "self-relativization" during the discussion stage.

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広島大学学部・附属学校共同研究機構

[ISSN] 2435-9041

[NCID] AA11551679