Ai S: Does CLIL contribute to transforming from a passive subject to an active tool and changing the learners’ sense of purpose?
Investigate this through reading literature and teaching lessons
Ai O: Relationship between ideal teacher of English and student motivation
Match students’ interest in English with students’ previous experiences with teachers
Count Kazu: Most efficient teaching way for JHS students
Relationship between teaching method and motivation
Daiki Boy: Where does anxiety about learning English come from?
Previous literature investigates the relationship between anxiety and willingness to communicate (WTC); Daiki might head in that direction.
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Natsu: Comparing English education in Japan with other countries
One idea is to compare a Thai school and a Japanese school. What is the role of speaking in the class? Going forward need to specify what to compare.
Ren I: English prepositions
Is it possible to use imagery to teach prepositions?
Tentoku: Relationship between noticing of AI related feedback and accuracy in writing
Will experiment with university students. Students write about 100 words, they get feedback from AI using appropriate prompts, students answer about their noticing using a Likert scale, students revise their writing and explain why they revised it. In the end he will analyze whether the number of errors increased/ descrease, which errors were fixed, and why the errors were fixed.
Yuki Yana（柳田さん）Correlation between interest in English class, preference for the subject, and test score
Hypothesis: If test scores are low, they can’t understand, and they lose interest in the class; if test scores are high then interest in the class will increase
What are students’ attitude towards tests? Do students feel that tests are helpful? Do tests motivate students?