Sessions

Learners’ Voices in English Classes with EdTech

Both of MEXT(2018) and METI(2018) have been emphasizing the importance of integrating technology into education, so called EdTech. In English classes at university, students are also expected to use EdTech to enhance their learning effectively in this digitalized and global society. In this presentation, I will talk about one four skill-integrated English course at a university with the policy of BYOD in which a learning management system(LMS) called Manaba is used for flipped learning of grammar, group work of making a presentation, and peer evaluation of writing. The use of EdTech is expected to promote students’ active, adaptive, cooperative, and self-regulated learning. However, it will be important to investigate how students as active agents in English classes with EdTech perceive effects of EdTech. Regarding the use of EdTech into English classes, I will discuss results of a questionnaire survey from students and interviews with students and make pedagogical implications about how to use technology effectively in English classes taking students’ perception into consideration. As a final remark, I will propose how English teachers can help students acquire English and use technology, both of which are important skills in the 21st century, in English classes.