The purpose of this study is to explore multiple means (options) to help middle school students who struggle with studying English in a regular English class, and to find the effectiveness of the options. As for the means to help students, we used the framework of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which has become popular in the United States as well as in the EU. In this qualitative study, we conducted close observation of students to consider appropriate options for the students, in cooperation among a middle school English teacher, a teacher of special needs education, and university faculty members.
The result of our questionnaire demonstrates that the students gave high evaluation to most of the options.
