How Does the English Ability of the Student Change through the Postgraduate Education? ~ The Case Report of 'Nitobe School Program' in Hokkaido University'

摘要

This is a report the change of postgraduate student's English ability through the new trans-graduate-school education program “Nitobe School” in Hokkaido University. In the Nitobe School program, students need to take English placement test before and after the program. Students choose TOEIC or TOEFL as a placement test at the beginning and take same test after the program. Also they can know its result within one month after took a test. Therefore we conducted questioner survey of student's motivation against English study and analyzed the relationship between their motivation and the change of English ability through the program period.