Graduate Students October 20, 2016

Research questions:

How does phonics teaching affect reading microskills?

Possible testing ideas: Listening for letter sounds & Likert scale questions for attitude/motivation, background questions

Circle the sound that you hear

1. a   e    i   o   u
2. b vs. d

Circle the word that you hear

1. Bake   Cake
2. a.car   b.card  c.carp

Investigating the effects of phonics instruction

1. Introduction
2. Literature review
   1. Phonics instruction
   2. Phonics instruction in Japan
3. Research questions
4. Methodology
   1. Participants
   2. Way of evaluation
5. Findings
   1. Describe phonics instruction at Fuzoku ES
   2. Present the results of the test
6. Implications
7. Conclusion

———————Teddy——————-

• He has been reviewing articles about education in Japan and is rewriting his literature review
• Continuing to copy the text, James found a file for Teddy that might save him some time.

——————— Ayano ——————-

She made the draft of the method. The first topic is

“Textbook Selection and Characteristics”

•  characteristics of each textbook,
• how much they are used in Japan,
• reason for choosing the textbooks

“Analytical Criteria”

1. Cognition: Perceiving, judging, perceiving, reasoning, imagining
   1. Scaffolding: ??
   2. Critical Thinking:??
2. Content:
   1. Connecting with society,
   2. subjects are integrated,
   3. attract students’ interest
3. Communication:
   1. Promotion of student/student communication,
   2. teachers are facilitators
4. Culture and community:
   1. Students can understand societal issues,
   2. opportunity to interact with people outside class
5. Compatibility with CLIL (Related to 1 – 4?)
6. OR
7. Promotion of CLIL teaching and learning techniques???

For next week, SHOW ME YOUR ANALYSIS AND SHOW THAT IT MAKES SENSE