AMORTIZACIONES DE PLAZAS DEL PDI: 31 Catedráticos de Universidad

1. What is the average number of students in your English classes? ______

2. Good test scores in junior high school are essential for securing good employment as an adult. Completely untrue Generally untrue Don’t know Generally true Completely true

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 3. In Japan people need to be able to communicate in English.

Completely untrue Generally untrue Don’t know Generally true Completely true

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Junior high school English classes should produce students that can talk about daily life.

Completely disagree Generally disagree Generally agree Completely agree

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 5. I learnt English by the traditional ‘yakudoku’ method when I was a student.

Completely untrue Generally untrue Generally true Completely true

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 6. I use the traditional ‘yakudoku’ method to teach my students.

Completely untrue Generally untrue Generally true Completely true

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 7. My lessons are orientated towards helping students pass the senior high school entrance exams.

Completely disagree Generally disagree Generally agree Completely agree

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________

8. English in junior high school is studied as an academic subject, rather than to provide the students with the ability to communicate using the language.

Completely untrue Generally untrue Don’t know Generally true Completely true

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 9. My English speaking proficiency influences my lessons.

Completely disagree Generally disagree Haven’t thought about it Generally agree Completely agree Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Please circle the letter that indicates the percentage of time you speak English during your lessons. a. 0~10% b. 11~20% c. 21~40% d. 41~60% e. 6 1~80% f. 8 1~90% g. 91~100%

11. Using Japanese in class is natural for JTEs.

Completely disagree Generally disagree Generally agree Completely agree

12. Please circle the letter beside the types of activities that you regularly use to develop the students’ English oral communication skills during your lessons.

a. I don’t regularly focus on speaking b. role-plays c. group discussions d. speeches e. story telling f. debating g. choral reading

h. memorizing key sentences i. other (please explain)

____________________________________________________________________________________ 13. MEXT policies affect my lesson content.

Completely disagree Generally disagree Generally agree Completely agree

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Changing my teaching style to match MEXT policies is easy.

Completely disagree Generally disagree Haven’t tried Generally agree Completely agree Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 15. MEXT considers the opinions of JTEs when they write the English syllabus.

Completely untrue Generally untrue Don’t know Generally true Completely true

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 16. Policy makers in MEXT understand the difficulties JTEs experience.

Completely untrue Generally untrue Don’t know Generally true Completely true

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 17. The training in oral communication that I received to become a JTE was sufficient.

Completely disagree Generally disagree Generally agree Completely agree

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 18. The in-service training that I have received from the Board of Education has been useful for me.

Completely disagree Generally disagree Generally agree Completely agree

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 19. Above what number of students does it become impossible to teach oral communication? ______

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 20. Speaking tests can be graded objectively.

Completely disagree Generally disagree Generally agree Completely agree

21. Please rank the English skills in importance from 1~4 (1 being the most important)

____ reading ____ writing ____ listening ____ speaking

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 22. Students are only interested in studying English to pass the senior high school entrance exams.

Completely disagree Generally disagree Case by case Generally agree Completely agree Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 23. Parents are more concerned about their child preparing for the senior high school entrance exams than practicing English conversation.

Completely untrue Generally untrue Case by case Generally true Completely true

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 24. To become a proficient English speaker you must practice speaking English

Completely untrue Generally untrue Don’t know Generally true Completely true

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 25. To learn to speak English the students need to hear a lot of English

Completely untrue Generally untrue Don’t know Generally true Completely true

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 26. How many years have you worked as a JTE? _____

Comment_________________________________________________________________________________ 27. Please choose and rank the 6 biggest handicaps to teaching oral communication in your lessons

(1 being the biggest problem) ____ My English conversation skill ____ Student conversation ability ____ Student conversation confidence ____ Student motivation

____ Student discipline ____ Introverted students ____ Class size

____ Time constraints in the lesson ____ The textbook

____ Time constraints outside the lesson ____ Too noisy for neighboring classes ____ High school entrance exams ____ Pressure from your principal ____ Pressure from your vice principal ____ Pressure from other JTEs

____ Pressure from other teachers (not JTEs) ____ Pressure from parents

____ Pressure from students

____ Other (please explain) __________________________________________________________________ 28. Please circle the letter beside your university major

a. English Literature b. English Linguistics c. TESOL

d. Education

f. Other (please explain) ________________________________________________________________

29. Please circle the letter beside the statement that is true for you a. I passed a TOEIC test with a score of 730 or over b. I passed a TOEFL test with a score of 550 or over

c. I passed a STEP test with a pre-first level attainment or higher d. I have taken one or more of the above tests in the past e. I have not taken any of the above tests

APPENDIX 7: ONE-ON-ONE JTE INTERVIEW