Language Education & Technology
Online ISSN : 2185-7814
Print ISSN : 2185-7792
ISSN-L : 2185-7792
School Libraries for Foreign Language Instruction in High Schools
Keitaro YAGITakehisa TSUCHIYAMasae KONISHIMitsuaki TODA
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2006 Volume 43 Pages 161-176

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This paper reports on the brief overview of the survey and discusses issues toward the collaboration between foreign language instruction and school library media program. Although the functions of school libraries are fundamental to the fulfillment of the goals and objectives of each subject area curriculum, such recognition has been rarely acceptable to foreign language teachers. Therefore, we carried out a pilot study aimed at identifring the attitudes of foreign language teachers toward the utilization of school libraries and performed CS (Customer Satisfaction) analysis with the results of the questionnaire. Major findings suggest that there are several positive comments to support the idea that fo reign language teachers need to learn more about the roles and functions of the school libraries. Although results from this study will not be able to be generalized universally, the findings provide a reasonable starting point for further investigation to fully understand the possibilities and limitations of integrating school library media program as an integral part offoreign language instruction.
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© 2006 The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology
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