English Education in Finland

 their successful strategies and methods (仮)

Index

I:Introduction TOEFLのデータも

II. Linguistic background 1. Their linguistic environment 2. Their linguistic policy 2.1 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages 2.2 英語が使える日本人の育成のための行動計画 3. Their linguistic characteristics 3.1. Japanese 3.2 Finnish 4. Their similarities 4.1. Language Family 4.2. Grammatical Similarities

III: Method

   1. Focus of Research
   2. Fieldwork

3. Questionnaires 4. Class Visitations

    5. Interviews

Observation results

IV: Classroom Characteristics 1. Group Study

	2. content and language integrated learning (CLIL)

3. Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

V: General questionnaire 1. The background of Teachers i. Background of the Classroom ii. English in the Classroom (teacher) iii. English in the Classroom (students) iv. Language of the English Class Content v. Classroom Time divided among the Four Skills vi. Class Contents 2. Discussion of general Questionnaire results

VI: SILL Questionnaire 1. What is SILL 2. Revised SILL for teachers 3. Results of SILL Questionnaire for Teachers i. SILL result by Items (Top 5) ii. SILL result by Items (Comparative) iii. SILL result by Items of Strategies (Comparative) 4. Discussion of SILL Questionnaire Results

VII: Discussion(Implications for Japanese Education)

VIII: conclusion

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This essay is based on the article written by Irma Taavitsainen and Päivi Pahta, published in English Today in October 2003

English in Finland: globalisation, language awareness and questions of identity http://www.uta.fi/~sinikka.jauhiainen/paper.html