A Pilot Study of Pronunciation Instructions for Trainee Teachers of Elementary School English

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  • 小学校外国語活動指導者養成における発音指導のパイロットスタディ
  • ショウガッコウ ガイコクゴ カツドウ シドウシャ ヨウセイ ニ オケル ハツオン シドウ ノ パイロットスタディ

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Since 2011, Japanese elementary schools have initiated English as a compulsory foreign language activity. Homeroom teachers play an important role in providing English education to pupils. However, teachers lack confidence not only in their teaching skills but also in their pronunciation of English. In an elementary English class, pupils listen to teacher's pronunciation as a model. This can affect the pupils' pronunciation. Therefore, universities should offer pronunciation instructions in pre-service teacher training courses for English and teach the fundamentals of phonetics to the trainee teachers in order for them to instruct pupils well. In this study, the author performed a pilot study that attempted to develop trainee teachers' pronunciation of English and enabled them to practice giving instructions as pronunciation teachers. In each of the six session training period, participants first received pronunciation instruction. They then reviewed the theory and practiced pronunciation in pairs. Finally, one teacher trainee checked his/her partner's pronunciation and provided some advice for improvement. As a result from the training, they significantly improved most of the target pronunciations and indicated that the pair exercise, in which one person played the role of teacher, was an effective means for understanding the fundamentals of pronunciation.

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  • CRID
    1390282680140188928
  • NII Article ID
    110009841298
  • NII Book ID
    AN00247430
  • DOI
    10.18993/jcrdajp.34.4_49
  • ISSN
    24241784
    02880334
  • NDL BIB ID
    023624220
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • NDL
    • CiNii Articles
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