Month: May 2017
A Comparative Corpus Study on the Use of Academic Hedges and Boosters in Applied Linguistics
Hedges and boosters are two types of linguistically important strategies employed in academic writing. While hedges and boosters have been …
A Tree-Based Chart for Visualizing Programming for Problem Solving
Programming for solving problems has been an important skill in computer programming education. However, most of the assessment for the …
Across Disciplines, Cultures and Technologies: An Item Response Theory Approach to Assessment of Learning
In the process of educating for change, we must strategically design assessment to examine how well our students are learning. …
Analyses of Non-Native Preservice English Teacher Verbal Interactions on COLT Part B Scheme
This exploratory case study aimed to identify the characteristics of instruction by non-native preservice English teachers seeking to obtain an …
Bringing Persuasive Design Into the Development of Mobile Interactive Media for Road Safety Education in Young Children
Parents become an important part in giving knowledge about road safety to their children due to a time limited in …
Blended Learning for In-service Teachers’ Professional Development: Lessons from the Experience of a Singaporean Chinese Language Teacher Educator
Traditional face-to-face workshop is a common avenue for the professional development (PD) of in-service teachers. Chinese Language (CL) teachers in …
Blended Learning and Total Engagement – Posters that Teach
Electronically-mediated technologies are prohibited from use in a major assessment component of a blended learning subject. This subject employs a …
Changing Writing Classrooms through Group Dynamics
Literature Circles in an EFL writing classroom is an under-explored area where learners, through collaborative learning, are able to enhance …
Cross Cultural Representation in Pakistani’s EFL Textbooks
The spread of English language as an international language has increased the numbers of its non-native speakers more than its …
Crafting Digital Strategies: Empathy, Technology and Design Education
The 2009 research “Designer of 2015” presented by the AIGA, a series of competencies were outlined for future designers and …
Dealing with Unexpected Experiences: Transformative Learning of Japanese Pre-Service Teachers During the Teaching Practicum
In the current Teaching Licensing program accredited by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, students who plan to …
English as the World’s Lingua Franca and Task-based Strategic Competence
A common theme in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) research is to focus on pragmatics and accommodation with regards …
Expressing Jamaican Culture in the Foreign Language Classroom
We will present lessons learned and techniques developed over a period of twelve years teaching Japanese to West Indian university …
Factors Impacting on Teacher Cognition and Teachers’ Approaches to Language Teaching in Japanese High Schools
An investigation of cognitive factors that impact implementation of Communicative Approaches to Language Teaching, CALT, by public high school teachers …
Expressing Locality in Learning English: A Study of English Textbooks for Junior High School Year VII-IX in Indonesia Context
This paper intends to investigate the transfer of English language to Indonesian students of junior high school in a multicultural …
Developing Global Leadership Skills with Model United Nations (MUN)
This paper summarizes the symposium contributions as they were presented at the Asian Conference on Language Learning held in Kobe:…
I Am Afraid of Learning English: The Interplay between Anxiety and Learning Experience on Indonesian Senior High School Students Academic Performances
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of learning experience and anxiety on senior high school students’ …
Investigating ‘Interest’ Development of Indonesian Students in an MA TEFL Programme in Learning English as an L2
This study contributes to the understanding of interest development in second language learning. It describes the conditions which trigger students’ …
Japan Away from Japan: The Tehran Supplementary Japanese School
How can my multi-racial children maintain and even improve their competency in their heritage languages? This is a common struggle …
Learning Growth and Attitude of Students Exposed to Prolonged Non-Contractual English Intervention Program
This study is quasi-experimental in nature which utilized an intervention program sponsored by the US Embassy through the English Access …
Massive Open Online Challenges in Education: Using Various Analytics to Evaluate the Success of a MOOC
The world today is witnessing an increasing interest in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). This new form of Technology-Enhanced Learning …
Motivational Changes and Their Effects on Achievement: Japanese High School English Learners
This longitudinal study investigates (a) changes in Japanese high school English learners’ motivation over the 3 years of high school, …
Promoting Cross-Cultural Communication and Student Reflection Through Speaking Logs
Many Japanese students enter university having had little to no interaction with native or foreign speakers of English outside of …
Scaffolding L2 Readers: How Can We Grow Them Into Autonomous Life-Long Learners?
A critical component of L2 reading ability is reading fluency. One natural approach to L2 fluency development is to approximate …
Special Filipino Curriculum (SFC): A Technology Oriented Curriculum for Foreign Language Students
The technology-oriented curriculum aims to develop a program for foreign language speaking students of Filipino. Its objective is to look …
Syntactic Variety and Writing Quality: An Investigation on EFL Students’ Argumentative Writing
The variety of syntactic structure of sentences has regarded as an important indicator of sentence fluency and writing proficiency. However, …
Teachers’ Attitude toward Journal Writing
Teachers have many tasks that they should do. So, they must be professional in teaching. One of the ways to …
Teachers’ View on the Use of Portfolio Assessment in Secondary Schools In Indonesia
Having been undergoing several changes in a decade, the concept of students’ evaluation system in Indonesia has significantly transformed. In …
Teaching English Academic Writing Skills through the Flipped Classroom Model and Team-Based Learning
In recent years, there has been increased interest of flipping the classroom, a student-centered instructional model that makes classwork done …
Teaching Writing Through Clustering Technique
Teaching writing is considered as the most difficult skill. However, one of the objectives of teaching English in secondary school …
Teaching How to Think and How to Write: Realities and Suggestions on Writing Instruction in English Education in Japan
The current Course of Study of Japan manifests that an objective of “English Expression” is to evaluate facts and opinions …
The Challenges of Teacher-Mediated vs Computer-Mediated ESL Instruction
Technology is changing at an unprecedented rate, and without the proper machinery in place, one stands the risk of being …
The Competency Development in Practical Skills by Hand-On Activities for Industrial Education Students (Electrical Engineering Learners)
This study was aimed to developed learning competency in practical sessions by using Hand-on activities. The tools used to collect …
The Development of a Model to Promote Predict, Observe, Explain Strategies for Teaching about Electrical Circuits
The purpose of this presentation is to present a model to promote predict, observe, explain strategies for teaching about electrical …
The Implementation of Teacher’s Motivational Strategy in EFL Classrooms
This study aims at describing how EFL (model) teachers in Junior High school, Senior High School, and Vocational High School …
Toward the Cognitive Analysis of Non-Native Speakers’ Handwriting in Japanese with iPad and LMS
Tablet computers have gathered attention in classrooms in Japanese university. Apple’s iPad is the most popular among several varieties. BeeDance …
The Use of Sibelius Software in Learning Counterpoint at the Music Department of Indonesia Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta
As a subject for Music students, counterpoint contributes to the ability to create a melody. Students must pay attention to …
Web 2.0 Tools in Teacher Training Programs in a Multilingual Setting: Searching, Selecting and Using Information
The aim of this submission is to present the findings of a research conducted in Catalonia,a multilingual region in the …