Expansion of the Hiroshima University English Can-Do List to Support English Learning Outside the Classroom

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  • 教室外での英語学習を支援するための広島大学英語Can-Doリストの拡充

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We report on a re-survey of the Hiroshima University English Can-Do List, developed by the Institute for Foreign Language Research and Education at Hiroshima University, and the results of the survey conducted to improve the validity of the list. The development of this list was initiated with the aim of contributing to English language education at Hiroshima University as a tool to support students’ goal setting and self-access learning, and data collection has continued since then. The previously published list was based on only one year of data, but given the expected role of this list, additional studies based on multi-year data collection are desirable. Therefore, a re-survey was conducted with newly collected data from 2016 to 2019. Unfortunately, however, this re-survey did not resolve all the remaining challenges, and we believe that the list should continue to be revised in the future. We suggest two issues that should be explored in the future. One is the range of score bands to be analyzed. In this study, a small number of students who scored 800 or above and 295 or below on the TOEIC® Listening & Reading IP Test were excluded from the analysis. Further study is needed to determine whether to exclude students in these score ranges, given the small number of students who fall in these ranges, or to expand the range of scores. The other issue is that, as in the previous survey, a can-do analysis was conducted using an existing list provided by the International Institute for Business Communication (IIBC). In the next and subsequent surveys, the list will need to be refined and modified by adding or deleting can-do statements.

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