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INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS

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This paper describes how gender and age affect Japanese pupils' motivation for learning English and their
attitudes to communication with people from different cultures. A new foreign language curriculum was
introduced to Japanese elementary schools in 2011. Although each school can officially choose any foreign
language in its own right, most elementary schools are now conducting English activity. However, as most
homeroom teachers lack both experiences and qualifications for teaching English, this activity puts them under
pressure. In addition, the number of foreign assistant language teachers (ALTs) is not sufficient in most
elementary schools. The writer surveyed fifth and sixth grade pupils' motivation and their communicative
attitudes in Japan during 2010, before the new course program, “foreign language activities,” began in 2011. The
data were collected from three elementary schools in Japan via a questionnaire. The items on the questionnaire are
related to motivational attitudes, orientations (reasons for studying a foreign language), communicative attitudes
and some other variables relevant to learning foreign languages. The main focus of this study is to examine
motivational and attitudinal variables among the pupils with regard to learning English, especially gender and age
effects on these variables. The results show that girls generally have higher scores on motivation and
communicative attitudes. Most previous studies have also shown that girls generally have a positive attitude
toward learning a foreign language. This study argues that the reason behind this positive attitude toward learning
English is due to their positive attitude toward communication in general. With regard to the age, there are a few
differences between two school grades. As there is only one year difference in age between fifth and sixth grade
pupils, the result is to be expected. The study suggests that Japanese elementary schools face a number of
difficulties teaching English as it is difficult for teachers to motivate all pupils.

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Judul Seri

Reading Interest and Habits/Kebiasaan Membaca, Minat Baca

No. Panggil

510 RIE m

Penerbit

bandung : upi.edu., 2015

Deskripsi Fisik

Hlm 145.;20cm.

Bahasa

Indonesia

ISBN/ISSN

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Klasifikasi

510

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

volume 5, Nomor 1 Juli 2015

Subjek

Politik Pemerintahan

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Rie Adachi

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