The Use of of Instructional Media in Junior High School English Classroom : A Nation-wide Survey in 1998

人们普遍认为，教师的信念和价值观影响着他或她的决策和行动。考虑到这一点，在日本初中和高中英语教师中进行了一项全国性的调查。结果表明：1）英语教师可以分为两大类：倾向于意义中心教学的教师和倾向于形式中心教学的教师。大多数人（54.9%）倾向于前者。此外，小额供资在年轻教师和初中教师中占主导地位-与年长教师和高中教师形成对比。2)影响教师信念的最大因素是教师职业生涯的长短。3)虽然只有27.7%的受访教师感到管理班级有困难，59.3%的受访教师对学生的水平感到满意，但感到快乐和满足的英语教师比例相当低，为9.6%。进一步的研究，为什么这么少的日本英语教师感到自我实现是必要的。

It is generally acknowledged that teachers' beliefs and values influence his or her decsion-making and actions. with this in mind, A nationwide survey was conducted among Japanese teachers of English at the junior and senior high school levels. Two hundred and seventy-five survey forms were returned of one thousand distributed.The findings are as follows : 1) English teachers can be divided into two major groups : those favoring meaning focused instruction (MFI) and those favoring form focused instruction (FFI). The majority (54.9%) favor the former over the latter. In addition, MFI is dominant among younger teachers and those at the junior high school levels - in contrast to older teachers and those at high school level. 2) The biggest factor affecting teachers' beliefs is the length of teaching career. 3) While only 27.7% of the teachers surveyed feel some difficulty in managing their classes, and 59.3% are satisfied with their students' proficiency, the proportion of those who feel happy and fulfilled as English teachers is rather low at 9.6%. Further research with why so few Japanese teachers of English feel self-fulfilled is called for.