シオバラ フランセス   Frances Shiobara
  塩原 フランセス
   所属   教育学部 教育学科
   文学部 英語学科
   文学研究科 英語学専攻
   職種   准教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2015/01
形態種別 研究論文(学術雑誌)
標題 The 10,000 Hour Rule and What it Means for Language Teaching
執筆形態 単著
掲載誌名 The Asian Conference on Education 2014 Official Conference Proceedings
出版社・発行元 International Academic forum
巻・号・頁 6(1),pp.471-480
担当範囲 International Academic forum
著者・共著者 Frances Shiobara
概要 In his book Outliers (2008) Malcolm Gladwell wrote that it took 10,000 hours to become a specialist at anything. Matthew Syed in his book Bounce (2011) applied this to sport and stated that it would take 10,000 hours of practice in a sport to become an expert. In this paper I would like to apply the 10,000-hour rule to language learning. By demonstrating how few hours of English practice the average Japanese student receives, I would like to offer insight into why the level of English proficiency is so low in Japan. Finally I would like to suggest ways in which teachers can increase the number of hours of English practice in order for their students to gain the practice needed to reach fluency.