Dawn Kobayashi
Onomichi City University
Hello I am an English lecturer in Hiroshima prefecture. I am interested in using both educational psychology and performance based tasks to boost student speaking fluency. As a teacher researcher I am constantly learning and developing my teaching. I look forward to sharing my research with you and also hearing about what you have to share.
Sessions
Connecting Speaking Confidence With Self-Efficacy
Being able to communicate in English opens up a world of opportunities to study or work abroad. Yet the English proficiency of Japanese graduates remains one of the lowest in Asia. In this presentation, I will discuss how a qualitative study of Japanese university students’ sources of self-efficacy revealed how learning experiences at JHS and SHS contributed to students’ speaking confidence and proficiency. I will conclude with some recommendations for university, JHS, and SHS teachers.