A Study on Curriculum Assessment of International Understanding and Foreign Language Conversation during the "Period for Integrated Study"

1.本研究以岐阜县文所指定试点学校和公立小学的调查报告为基础，分析了国际理解或外语学习课程的目标和内容。研究结果表明：1.英语语言兴趣、交际态度、跨文化理解、国际理解、英语知识、英语语言技能和自我表达能力等七个方面。以岐阜县N幼儿园2000 ~ 2001年的周教学计划为基础，以“英语知识”和“英语语言技能”为研究对象，对幼儿园英语活动内容进行了定量分析。以COLT（Spada & Flohich，1995）分析每周一次的录影教学，并发展一般课程评量的技术.另一个个案研究是以秋田县土崎小学的英语活动为例进行的。对整个课程进行了分析，包括主题、语言材料、游戏和唱歌，并对课堂过程进行了评价。通过这种分析，方法来评估英语活动的有效性，并尝试低，中，高年级的情况下，调查进行了关于学生的自我评估。研究结果发现，运动、日常生活的一部分、参与虚拟游戏等活动对各年级的学习效果有重要影响。本文对国际理解和英语活动评价的概念和方法进行了广泛的文献调查。总之，在评价学习效果时，在评价标准和有效性方面还存在许多问题。

1. This study focuses on analyzing objectives and contents of international understanding or foreign language learning curriculum, based on the research reports of Monkasho Designated Pilot Schools and public elementary schools in Gifu prefecture. As the results, it is found to be categorized into seven perspectives; interests in English language, attitude towards communication, cross-cultural understanding, international understanding, knowledge about English, English language skills and ability or self-expression.2. Based on weekly teaching plan from 2000 to 2001, a case study was undertaken to analyze contents of English activities at N Kindergarten in Gifu prefecture quantitatively, focusing on "Knowledge about English" and "English language skills". Video-taped instruction once a week was analyzed using COLT (Spada & Flohich, 1995) and techniques for general curriculum assessment were developed.3. Another case study was carried out for the English activities of Tsuchizaki elementary school in Akita prefecture. The whole curriculum, which consists of topics, language materials, playing games and singing, was analyzed and class procedure was evaluated. Through this analysis, methods for evaluating the effectiveness of English activities were developed and tried for lower, middle and higher grade cases where the surveys were carried out in regard to student self-assessment. As the result, it was found that activities including movement, a part of students' daily lives and participating in make-believe play activities played important roles for each grades.4. An extensive literature survey was carried out on the data concerning the concept and techniques about evaluation of international understanding and English activities. In conclusion, there are many problems remaining unsolved about evaluation standards and validity when evaluating learning results.