학술논문

Development and Practice of Integrated Classes in Foreign Language Activities and Arts and Crafts: Expression through Images Inspired by the Shape and Sound of the Alphabet / 図画工作と外国語活動の融合型授業の開発と実践の考察 -アルファベット文字の形と音から主題を生み出す絵に表す表現-
Document Type
Journal Article
Source
美術教育学:美術科教育学会誌 / The Journal for the Association of Art Education. 2022, 43:173
Subject
Arts and Crafts
CLIL
Foreign Language Activities
sound
synesthesia
共感覚
図画工作
外国語活動
Language
Japanese
ISSN
0917-771X
2424-2497
Abstract
In response to the demand for multidisciplinary learning and connections between subjects in education today, this study developed integrated learning in Foreign Language Activities and Arts and Crafts based on the theory of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and examined its effects in practice. During arts and crafts classes, children drew images inspired by the shape and sound of the letters of the alphabet. “Fostering sensitivity” is normally not a learning objective in the case of Foreign Language activities; through integration with Arts and Crafts, however, it was expected that holistic educational effects will be achieved by appealing to childrenʼs imagination and sensitivity in the study of the alphabet, which may otherwise be perceived as dull, uninteresting symbols. In the “play” process of assembling the images inspired by the three elements of sound, shape, and color, the children developed original meanings for the letters. The result was a learning synergy based on the fusion of the two subjects.