抄録
This study examines clues to activate the connection between junior high schools and elementary schools in English education in Kochi Prefecture through language teacher cognition. Ten English teachers in junior high schools answered three main questions about the connection. The analyses revealed three things. First, taking over and sharing information about students and English classes are needed between teachers in junior high schools and in elementary schools. Second, the appreciation of the CAN DO Lists of elementary schools is high, and those CAN DO Lists have the potentiality to influence the classes in junior high schools. Third, the importance of the continuation of the English classes between junior high schools and elementary schools is recognized. These findings show the English teachers’ beliefs are disturbed by the inadequate connection system of English education and their inadequate understandings of the good use of CAN DO Lists.
