Language learning and cross-cultural attitudes: an international study of the attitudes of Japanese students of English

摘要: This is a research report of large study over 600 high school students' perceptions about learning English as foreign language which compulsory subject across Japan. It reports on their cross-cultural attitudes and opinion languages education pedagogy provides some comparison views how they would like to learn with those teachers. The variables time spent English, student gender location (urban/rural) are explored. project production this was funded by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 2003-2006 from the Japan Society Promotion Science (research number 15202013). researchers also express thanks Board Education Akita Prefecture, principals schools(10) in Prefecture who allowed be undertaken schools charge.