The Graduation Paper

卒業論文は,3年次から指導教員のもとで,卒業研究として2年間にわたって取り組むものです。英語教育講座では,英語で40ページ (A4) の卒業論文を課しています。

卒業論文指導教員の決定は,2年次の最後に,学生の希望に基づきながら,指導教員毎の指導学生数に大きな偏りがないように調整して決定します。

なお,過去6年間の卒業論文のタイトルは以下の通りです。

2024

Consideration of Task Supported Language Teaching in Junior High School English Classes in Japan

Understanding Global Citizenship Education and Reproducing Prejudices about ‘Developing Countries’ in Education

Differences in Happiness in Finland and Japan: Comparing Education, Society, and Political Participation

Reasons behind the Success of English Education in Finland Compared to Japan

Influence of Overseas Experience on English Learning from the Perspective of Motivation

Motivating Japanese Learners to Communicate in English: “Willingness to Communicate” and How to Improve It 

Effective Incorporation of ICT for Improving English Proficiency in Elementary School Education

The Current and Historical Problem of Racism in Japan: Solutions in Education

How Gender Stereotypes Are Created and the Way Not to Create Them in School Education

Effective Use of ICT to Improve Elementary School Children's English Ability

Solutions to Gender Issues in Education and Beyond

Curious George Takes a Job: Attractions of His Character to Children and Educational Motivation for English Learning

Suggestions for Activities to Address Junior High School Students’ Reading Problems 

Educational Proposal to Recognize the Confusion Between Japanese-English and Foreign Words

The Use of Content and Language Integrated Learning in Elementary School English Education

Oliver Jeffers Charms: Child and His English Picturebooks

A Corpus-based Analysis of The Great Gatsby: Linguistic Items that Have Effects on the Content

Taneda Santoka: Educational Reading of His Haiku Works

Comparing Basic Verbs in Junior High School English as Used in Textbooks and by Native Speakers of English

A Consideration of HSPs in the Class and a Comfortable Classroom Environment for Students

A Study on How to Promote Output Through Retelling for High School English Classes

2023

Activities Using ICT Equipment to Improve Motivation

Night Scenes in Picture Books: Educational Possibilities of Frank Asch’s Works

Rhymes and Songs: Educational Possibilities of Children Books

A Study on the Use of Retelling in High School English Classes

Educational Activities through English Picture Books: Significance of Music and Integrated Practical Application

Katakana Words in Magazines

Elementary English Education in Japan Compared with Two Other Asian Countries: Korea and the Philippines 

Stylistic Analysis of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

How Songs are Used in Secondary English Language Classes

Differences Between Finland and Japan in Elementary School English Education

Substandard English in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Making Activities More Fun and Motivating in Junior High School English Language Classes

A Stylistic Analysis of Hemingway's Works

A Study on Teaching SDGs From the Perspective of CLIL in Junior and Senior High School English Classes in Japan

How to Increase Learners’ Motivation Effectively in Junior High School English Classes

Pointing Out Issues and Suggestions for Improvement Concerning "Life Safety Education" Newly Recommended for School Education 

Importance of Sexuality Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Examples of How Teachers Can Support Students

2022

How accurate is Google Translate?

A Study on How to Teach English Speaking, Considering Cooperation Between Elementary and Junior High Schools

Features of English Translations of Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away

How to Realize Proactive Learning From Three Viewpoints: SDGs, Skill Integration, and ICT

How to Use CLIL in Elementary School English Classes

A Stylistic Analysis of Joe Biden's Political Speeches

English Picture Books, Nursery Rhymes, and Poems for Classes

Understanding Japanese Culture Through Analysis of the Hyakunin Isshu

Differences in English Education Between Japan and China

Prospects for Disaster Prevention Education, Through Comparison of the Cultures of Disaster Prevention in the U.S. and Japan

A Stylistic Approach to Roald Dahl's The BFG

A Study of a CLIL Lesson Plan for Teaching and Learning English in Elementary School

A Stylistic Analysis of Hemingway's Short Stories

Humor and Jokes in Elementary School English Language Learning

Picture Books Reconsidered: How Images, Languages, and Sounds Function

ICT Technology in the Elementary School English Classroom

How to Combine Nation's Four Strands in High School English Classes

How LGBTQ Issues are Taught in Japan and How We Can Improve Them with Anti-Oppression Theory

How to Reduce Discrimination Against Koreans Living in Japan Through Education in Junior High School

Anti-Racism Education from the Perspective of Hate Speech Against Korean People in Japan

Marriage Freedom and Constraints: Obtaining Knowledge and Understanding to Create One’s Own Opinion

The Image of Gender Differences in English as Seen in Films about Cross-Dressers

Using Videos in Language Learning and Teaching for Junior High School Students

2021

Blended learning: How can teachers integrate in-person and online teaching?

Leadership: What can teachers do to help students develop leadership skills?

Australian people's high tolerance towards non-native speakers' English: How can we build smooth and successful communication?

Elementary School English Classes With Universal Design for Learning

The Figure of Elephants and Childhood

Awa Odori Dance and Its Cultural Layers: Creating Performative English Education for Cross-Cultural Understanding

An Analysis of the Relationship between Language Learners and Athletes in terms of Motivation

A Look at Second Language Learner Motivation and Anxiety through Analysis of the film English Vinglish

Using the Incommensurable Position of Global Citizenship Education to Achieve the SDGs and Improve the Lives of 'Ha-Fu’

An Analysis of Shinsuke Yoshitake's Picture Books and Their Use in Elementary School Language and Moral Education

Picture Books Effect Children: Little Bear by Else Holmekund Minarik and Maurice Sendak Reexamined

A Stylistic Analysis of A Christmas Carol

Understanding of IB Education and its Connection to Japanese Universities

Lewis Carroll's Wordplay in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Language Education in Elementary School for Developing Metalinguistic Abilities: Classes of Foreign Languages and Japanese in Collaboration

Support for Foreign Students in Their Surroundings

Sound and Language: Educational Possibilities of Virginia Lee Burton

Differences in Happiness between Japan and Finland

A Speaking Performance Test Using Backward Design to Obtain Expected Learning Outcomes

Games as Motivation in Junior High School Language Learning

Lexical Features in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows

Humor for Children and Education: Re-signifying Words of Picture Books

A Stylistic Analysis of Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles

Dialect Features in Harry Potter Books

2020

Output Focused Activities using Video in the Elementary School English Classroom

The Current Status of ESD in Formal Education and Consideration of ESD Practice in Junior High School Foreign Language Classes

A Comparative Study of Japanese and American Moral Education

An Analysis of Cultural Responses to Sexual Minorities: What Influences Ways of Thinking about Same-sex Marriage

An Analysis of Grammatical and Phonological Features in The Color Purple

Integrating Concepts of IB Education into High School Education in Japan: A Comparison between the International Baccalaureate and the Japanese National Curriculum for High School Students

Gender Discrimination and Gender Education at Secondary School in Japan

Lullabies and me: Re-investigation of a musical tradition

A Comparative Analysis of Political Speeches about Brexit from the Viewpoint of Rhetorical Devices for Persuasion

Providing Learners with Comprehensible Input in the Form of Example Sentences: English Determiners and Nouns

How to Develop Basic Reading Skills in Elementary School English Class

Rhetorical Devices Used in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

“English Class is Fun”: What Activities can Motivate Students in Elementary School English Class?

Delights in Collage Picture Books

Realaizing Children's Dreams Through Career Education in Elementary School Foreign Language Class

An Analysis of Lafcadio Hearn's Literary Works

How to Teach English Using Storytelling in Elementary School English Class

An Analysis of Australian English, with a Special Reference to “Pronunciation” and “Vocabulary”

Picture Books, Stories, and Children: Reading of Animals/ Reading of Adventures/ Reading Aloud Together

Diversity of Expression: Learning Expressive Differences between Japanese and English from Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen

Reviewing Nonsensical Verses

Using Songs to Teach and Learn English

The Possibilities of Learning Language Existing in the Relationship between Language and Human Thought

Navigating across Cultures with Japanese Comedy

Bridge to Terabithia Reinvestigated: Katherine Peterson's Fairy Tale and Reading

A Grammatical Analysis of Hemingway's Works, in View of his Works as English Teaching Materials

A Comparative Study of English Textbooks, from the Viewpoint of “Relative Pronouns”

An Analysis of Animal Symbols in Aesop's Fables

2019

A Study of Cross-Cultural Communication Strategies on the Basis of Cultural Differences between Japan and China on Face and Japan and the USA on Context and Intermediaries

A Comparative Study of Japanese and American CulturesFrom the Viewpoint of Moral Education

Considering World English Theories in Japanese High School English Education in Terms of Phonetics

A Proposal of Education for Cross-Cultural Understanding Rooted in Kagawa PrefectureFrom the Viewpoint of Inbound Tourism

A Study on Activities to Help Learners Enrich English Vocabulary in the Junior High School Classroom

A Linguistic and Cultural Analysis of Japanese and American Stand-up Comedy

Debate over the Pros and Cons of Death Penalty Abolition

A Stylistic Analysis of Donald Trump's Political Speeches

Russell Hoban and Frances books: re-reading the songs and the family relationship

Gender Differences in the Use of Language in British Movies

On Ideal English Activities in Elementary School LessonsFrom the Viewpoint of Cross-Cultural Understanding Understanding Class Contents and Positive Attitude Towards Communication in Elementary School English Class

Love in Dinosaur Picture-books: Children and Tatsuya Miyanishi

A Linguistic Analysis of English Dubbed Animation Movies

Refugee Problems and Choices Japan Has to Help Solve Them

Analysis and Proposal of English Education Using Cooperative Learning and Skill-integrated Language Activities in Junior High School

 A Comparative Study of National CharacteristicsFrom the Viewpoint of Japanese and English Proverbs

Re-reading Brooch: Children and Bibliotherapy

On Avoidance of Cultural Friction with the Foreign Visitors to Onomichi City and the Local Culture to Be Sent Out