Development of a Coordinated General English Education Curriculum at Chiba University

MORIKAWA, Sarah

[SUMMARY] It is probable that graduating Japanese university students will need English in their work, furtherstudy or as a lingua franca in a society that may increasingly accept immigrants as the population ages. English education should aim to enable students to not only understand and translate articles and other reading texts, but also to communicate their ideas both orally and in written form. This is one of the goals of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology （MEXT） education reform plans for schools, but as yet, success has been limited. Therefore, with the goal of increasing students’ communicative competence at Chiba University, the English curriculum was revised to expand the number of compulsory English classes and to increase the focus on productive skills. This paper describes the previous curriculum, the revised curriculum introduced in 2020, and the process of its development.

https://opac.ll.chiba-u.jp/da/curator/900122262/

https://opac.ll.chiba-u.jp/da/curator/900122262/S2758707X-1-P035.pdf

千葉大学英語教育開発センター

Center for English Language Education, Chiba University

紀要論文

2758707X

Journal of English Language Education and Research

1

35

54

2024-03-15

10.20776/S2758707X-1-P35

publisher

Journal of English Language Education and Research (ONLINE ISSN 2758-707X)