国際バカロレアの外国語科目の教育手法とその効果：英語運用能力の向上と内発的動機づけに焦点をあてて

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the approaches to teaching and learning (ATL) of Language B, one of the subjects of the Diploma Programme offered by International Baccalaureate®. This study used a bibliographic survey to compare the study of English as a Foreign Language based on the ATL of the Japanese National Curriculum, and the one based on the ATL of Language B. To analyse the effects of the ATL of Language B, Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2007) and rubric was used as quantitative research. Questionnaires titled “Intrinsic Motivation Inventory” created by Choi (2008) were used as qualitative research to measure the participants’ intrinsic motivation. The participants used in the study were Japanese private high school students, and the experimental group was 82 students, the control group was 80 students. The result indicated that the experimental group increased their academic writing skills and intrinsic motivation more than the control group. The effects of the ATL of Language B has actually not been revealed as of writing, however this study succeeded in revealing that the ATL of Language B were effective for increasing English competency, which is required as one of the global competency skills.