Teacher Training and Syllabus Davelopment in Elementary School English Language and Cross-Cultural Education

本研究旨在为日本公立小学英语教育设计理想的教学大纲，并设计和探索小学英语教师的培训方法。津田的研究生和本科生每年都要在附近的小学上几节英语课，这是这种教学大纲的基础之一。随着项目的进行，这样的小学数量每年从一所增加到两所。津田短期大学为附近地区的孩子们开设的春季和夏季英语课程的基础是制定的教学大纲的基本计划。在阅读大学开设培训课程是该项目中教师培训的一个特点。该方案提供了对当地小学的访问和编写教材的实践经验，参与者对教材进行了积极的评价。该项目还为小学任课教师提供暑期教师培训课程，每年约有60名教师参加。作为一种教师培训计划，该项目已经发展了一个专门的组织，在研究生和本科生中发展和继承方法和技能。“小学英语教育论坛”就是这样一个组织，各种大学生和研究生都成为其成员，为儿童英语教学贡献自己的知识和技能。该项目的关注点之一是探讨在日本将英语作为学校科目的可能性。这仍处于探索阶段，需要进一步研究。

This project aimed at developing ideal syllabus design for public elementary school English education in Japan and designing and finding ways to train teachers for elementary school English.Syllabus design chosen for this project is task- or them-based syllabus. One the basis of such a syllabus, graduate and undergraduate students at Tsuda gave several English lessons at the elementary schools in the neighborhood every year. The number of such elementary schools increased from just one to two each year as the project proceeded. The basic program of the syllabus developed forms the foundation of the spring and summer English courses offered at Tsuda College for children in the neighborhood.One of the features of teacher training in this project is setting up and conducting a training course at the University of Reading. The program offers visits to local elementary schools and hands-on experience in developing teaching materials, which are reviewed with positive opinions by the participants. The project also offered summer teacher training course for elementary school classroom teachers, which were appreciated by some 60 teachers each year.As a kind of teacher training program, this project has developed a special organization to develop and inherit methods and skills among graduate and undergraduate students. The forum called "Forum for Elementary School English Education" is such an organization and various undergraduate and graduate students become members and contribute their knowledge and skills for teaching English to children.One of the concerns of this project was exploring the possibility of making English as a school subject in Japan. This is still at the stage of exploration and needs further investigation.