― 25 ― SUMMARY Whole Language in EFL learning : Effective writing methodology in the Japanese classroom MATSUMOTO Keiko The purpose of this research is to identify the possibility of using the webbing maps in EFL writing classes in Japanese junior high schools. The webbing map is a technique in Whole Language Approach, a theme-oriented approach in language learning developed by Kenneth Goodman. The webbing map is an association map that presents students’experience and knowledge in the form of a network of ideas. The advantage of the webbing map is not merely showing intellectual elements in a student’ s mind but also revealing inter-relations of these associational nodes. Learners themselves can use the network of knowledge thus available as a constant scaffolding to develop their writing while teachers can also obtain useful information for instruction. Combining theory and practice, the current research reports a practice of teaching with the webbing map in detail and analyzes the results. Students draw webbing maps on the topic‘I’, then they write about the same subject while receiving advice from the teacher. Both students and the teacher refer to the map. The result demonstrates some positive changes in quantifiable aspects of their writing as well as in quality. Conclusive evidence reports that the webbing map is an effective technique for enhancing creativity in EFL writing. 本稿は、言語学習理論の中で、ホール・ランゲージ・アプローチに焦点を絞り考察を行う。ホー ル・ランゲージ・アプローチは、グッドマンを中心に北米で始まった学習者中心主義の立場を とる言語学習理論である。本稿では特に、この言語学習理論を踏まえた上で、この理論の実践 例を基にしながら考察を行う。理論を踏まえた上で行う実践には、ホール・ランゲージ・アプ ローチにおける具体的な指導法の一つであるウェビング・マップを用いる。結果は、学習者の 既有知識を基に展開されたウェビング・マップを学習の足場として用いることで効果的なライ ティング指導の可能性を示唆するものである。
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