Why Western Teachers Perceive Japanese University Students as Being Silent in English Language Classes

This dataset contains the transcripts of 20 interviews conducted between March 24, 2021 and March 16, 2022. Six participants participated in three interviews each and two other participants participated in one interview each for a total of 20 interviews with 8 participants. All eight participants were asked the following 13 semi-structured questions about their teaching experiences in Japanese universities in the first interviews. How did you feel the students reacted to …………activity? Why? What do you think went well in class? Why? What do you think you could have done differently? Why?In what ways do you think the students have improved in this class? Do you think there are any students that are not improving? Why? Do you think there are students that want to study but are not participating? Why? If you were able to plan and control the lessons any way you wanted, what would you do? How do you feel about these coordinated English classes with set textbooks and curriculum? Are they beneficial for the students and their learning? Why did you do ……………….. in that particular class? If you could teach the same class again, what would you do differently? Why? How do you feel about the students' participation in your class? How do you feel being white/Japanese affected the students' motivation in your class? Can you expand/clarify …………………………………………..? The second and third interview questions were tailored to each participant individually based on their answers to the first interview. The interviews were conducted on the UNE ZOOM account and each interview took about 40 minutes for a total of 13 hours of data.

本数据集收录了2021年3月24日至2022年3月16日期间开展的20次访谈的转录文本。其中6名参与者各参与3次访谈，另有2名参与者各参与1次访谈，总计8名参与者完成20次访谈。所有8名参与者在首次访谈中均需回答以下13个围绕日本大学教学经历的半结构化问题：你认为学生针对……活动的反应如何？原因是什么？你认为课堂上哪些环节进展顺利？原因是什么？你认为自己本可以在哪些方面做出不同的处理？原因是什么？你认为学生在本次课程中取得了哪些进步？你是否认为存在未能取得进步的学生？原因是什么？你是否认为存在渴望学习但不愿参与课堂的学生？原因是什么？若你可自主规划并掌控课堂教学，你会如何安排？你对这类配备统一教材与课程体系的协同英语课程有何看法？此类课程是否有益于学生的学习？你为何会在那一节特定的课堂中……？若你能再次讲授同一门课程，你会做出哪些不同的调整？原因是什么？你对学生在课堂中的参与情况有何感受？你认为自身的白人/日本籍身份对学生在课堂上的学习动机产生了怎样的影响？你能否对……展开进一步说明或澄清？第二、三次访谈的问题则根据参与者首次访谈的回答进行了个性化定制。本次访谈均通过UNE Zoom账号开展，每场访谈时长约40分钟，总计产生13小时的访谈数据。