A Practice of Distance Learning and Face-to-Face Classes in the University English Classroom: from the Viewpoint of Motivation

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  • 大学での遠隔授業と対面授業の英語授業実践

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This study explores students’ preferences of class styles under the COVID-19 situation. It also examines whether an English course which utilizes the topic of a specialized field motivates students or not. Research questions of this study were two-fold: (1) How do the students whose majors are Japanese culture and literature feel about the English class which makes use of Japanese culture? (2) Which class style do students prefer, distance learning or face-to-face classes? The participants were 33 first-year university students who majored in Japanese culture and literature. They took distance learning classes including “flipped classroom”, meaning that students watched videos or materials outside class and discussed or worked on a project together with classmates via live-streaming classes in the spring semester; on the other hand, they had face-to-face classes in the fall semester. The result of the questionnaire showed that students felt the contents of the classes which treated Japanese culture were meaningful and fun for them. It was also clarified that students preferred face-to face classes over distance learning. This study implied that using materials which were related to their majors would motivate students and face-to-face classes accelerate cooperative learning. It is also suggested that teachers would be required to blend the advantages of distance learning and face-toface classes.

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  • Asphodel

    Asphodel 56 184-205, 2021-07-24

    京都

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