Enhancing Capacity to Speak through Scaffolding and Task Repetition in Japanese EFL Classrooms

This study explores students’ Capacity to Speak (CTS), an extension of Willingness to Communicate (WTC), focusing on the correlation between CTS and speaking task scaffolding. Using a mixed-methods approach, the research identifies a correlation between students’ CTS and the complexity of activities. Notably, activities perceived as low complexity, such as reading aloud and pair conversations, corresponded to higher CTS, except answering simple questions from the instructor, which resulted in the lowest perceived CTS for students, possibly due to fear of negative evaluation and social anxiety. This study reveals students’ perceptions of different speaking tasks and emphasizes the importance of the Task-Supported Language Teaching (TSLT) approach in enhancing communicative competence and classroom interaction. The findings have implications for the design of language learning tasks, particularly in activating students’ schemata through task repetition, fostering teacher-student relationships through small talk, and enhancing group dynamics in group-based activities. 本研究は、コミュニケーション意欲(Willingness to Communicate)の延長線上にある学生の話す能力(Capacity to Speak、以下CTS)に焦点化し、CTSとスピーキング・タスクにおける足場作りとの関連性を調査するものである。混合研究法を用い、学生のCTSとアクティビティの複雑さとの間に相関関係があることを見いだした。特に、音読やペアでの会話のような複雑性が低いと認識されるアクティビティは、学生のCTSが高い傾向にあるが、教師からの簡単な質問に回答するアクティビティは、否定的な評価への恐れや社交不安が要因となり、最も低いCTSを示す結果となった。本研究は、様々なスピーキング・タスクに対する学生の認識を明らかにし、日本の大学におけるコミュニケーション能力の発達とクラスでの相互交流を強調する。加えて、サポートやタスク支援型言語教育、タスクの反復とCTS、教師と学生の関係促進、グループベースの活動におけるグループ・ダイナミクスの強化にも示唆を与えるものである。

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2024-08-01
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https://doi.org/10.37546/jaltpcp2023-17
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EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
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Enhancing Capacity to Speak through Scaffolding and Task Repetition in Japanese EFL Classrooms

Lin Yi
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Enhancing Capacity to Speak through Scaffolding and Task Repetition in Japanese EFL Classrooms

Lin Yi
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This study explores students’ Capacity to Speak (CTS), an extension of Willingness to Communicate (WTC), focusing on the correlation between CTS and speaking task scaffolding. Using a mixed-methods approach, the research identifies a correlation between students’ CTS and the complexity of activities. Notably, activities perceived as low complexity, such as reading aloud and pair conversations, corresponded to higher CTS, except answering simple questions from the instructor, which resulted in the lowest perceived CTS for students, possibly due to fear of negative evaluation and social anxiety. This study reveals students’ perceptions of different speaking tasks and emphasizes the importance of the Task-Supported Language Teaching (TSLT) approach in enhancing communicative competence and classroom interaction. The findings have implications for the design of language learning tasks, particularly in activating students’ schemata through task repetition, fostering teacher-student relationships through small talk, and enhancing group dynamics in group-based activities. 本研究は、コミュニケーション意欲(Willingness to Communicate)の延長線上にある学生の話す能力(Capacity to Speak、以下CTS)に焦点化し、CTSとスピーキング・タスクにおける足場作りとの関連性を調査するものである。混合研究法を用い、学生のCTSとアクティビティの複雑さとの間に相関関係があることを見いだした。特に、音読やペアでの会話のような複雑性が低いと認識されるアクティビティは、学生のCTSが高い傾向にあるが、教師からの簡単な質問に回答するアクティビティは、否定的な評価への恐れや社交不安が要因となり、最も低いCTSを示す結果となった。本研究は、様々なスピーキング・タスクに対する学生の認識を明らかにし、日本の大学におけるコミュニケーション能力の発達とクラスでの相互交流を強調する。加えて、サポートやタスク支援型言語教育、タスクの反復とCTS、教師と学生の関係促進、グループベースの活動におけるグループ・ダイナミクスの強化にも示唆を与えるものである。

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