Research on Effective Art Appreciation through the use of ESP

Junior High School Students’ Appreciation of Nature and Landscape Paintings of Japan and China

Abstract

This article shows that the method of ESP (English for Specific Purposes), used in specialist university areas, can be applied to Japanese art appreciation education, through a case study at a junior high school. First it points out why English activities were effective in art appreciation from two points of view: visual recognition and emotion. Next it introduces and considers a practice of art appreciation (English art criticism from interpretation of Japanese and Chinese traditional paintings) in a junior high school. The importance of this education is as follows: 1)Classes in English deepen the thinking faculty in the content of a specialist subject. 2)Development of teaching materials and effective methods are essential conditions for teaching in English.