@article{oai:u-ryukyu.repo.nii.ac.jp:02008055,
 author = {與儀, 峰奈子 and Yogi, Minako},
 issue = {18},
 journal = {Southern review : studies in foreign language & literature},
 month = {Dec},
 note = {With the development of globalization and information technology, improving foreign language communication ability has become a much more important issue than ever. In order to satisfy the demands of society, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) established "Periods for Integrated Study," which authorized conversation lessons in foreign language in elementary schools. Therefore, elementary schools in many regions of Japan started implementing English language education within their curriculum. While it may be effective to start such programs at an early age, various issues need to be considered. It is essential to carefully discuss educational content, create effective teaching materials, and choose appropriate teaching methodologies and techniques. In addition, to make such language program successful, educational administrations must consider recruiting proficient English teachers, and universities have to improve teacher-training courses to provide more qualified teachers. In order to make our teacher-training programs more successful and solid, over the years, I have been developing a practicum program which provides students a half-a-year internship teaching at local elementary schools, in collaboration with the regular elementary teachers. This paper discusses the activities of our effective teacher training program utilizing elementary schools and proposes our plan for establishing a system to build a stronger partnership among the university, elementary schools, and local educational administrations to produce competent language teachers. In this connection, I started a teaching program for university students in which they could actually experience teaching in local schools, in order to prepare them for the various situations they will encounter when they become teachers in the future. Through building this partnership with the school system, university students can test out their teaching plans, teaching materials, and the various theories they learned in their university lectures . In this transition period of implementing English education in elementary schools, one of the schools' important concerns may be to gain competent teachers of the subject. In this sense, I assume that the elementary schools as well can benefit from our program. The English language must be taught by instructors who have a strong command of the language, background knowledge of the language itself, and a broad view of the various theories of language teaching. Therefore, utilizing enthusiastic, competent university students to assist classroom teachers would be a wise choice . The practicum experience is extremely beneficial for college students who aim to become teachers since they are provided with a precious opportunity to actually interact with students in the elementary schools, examine their original teaching plans and obtain feedback and advice from the homeroom teachers. All these elements lead to improving their teaching techniques, developing effective teaching materials and building communication skills. I am confident that our program is fruitful and all the educational institutions involved can benefit from it, and as a result, it may lead to the production of promising future teachers and eventually influence foreign language education as a whole., 論文},
 pages = {73--89},
 title = {大学と地域の連携 : 琉球大学教育学部英語科の小学校における英語教育への取り組み},
 year = {2003}
}