Category: Foreign Languages Education & Applied Linguistics (including ESL/TESL/TEFL)
No Identical Paths to Japanese High School Teachers’ Teaching English in English: What the TEM Analyses Tell Us
The Trajectory Equifinality Modeling (Valsiner & Sato, 2006) is an analytical method to identify the path taken by those who …
Explore Alternatives in On-line/On-Demand Type of Language Teaching – The Case of TOEIC Preparation Course in a Japanese University
With the spread of Covid-19, many of the universities in Japan were required to introduce on-line/on-demand courses all the sudden …
A Study of the Mutual Phonetic Resemblance Between Japanese Kyoiku Kanji and Chinese
This study investigated the mutual phonetic resemblance of Chinese ideograms between Japanese and Chinese using the official list (expanded in …
Preservice Teachers’ Clinical Experience With ESL Literacy Instruction via Popular Culture
The purpose of this virtual presentation is to highlight how one small liberal arts university in the United States' Midwest …
Learner Responses to Language Exchange Activities in a Technology-mediated Environment in the COVID-19 Era
In response to the pandemic, language teachers around the globe are transforming their face-to-face courses into online courses and developing …
Attitudes of Filipino Senior High School Students Towards English: Implications for Teaching English
Attitude towards a language is a crucial factor in learning the target language. Language attitude can be behavioral, cognitive, or …
University Speaking Assessment as Collaborative and Self-effective Skill Development
Educators generally agree that the mastery of speaking skills is a necessity for most EFL and ESL learners (Ounis, 2017). …
The Effects and Challenges of Adopting the CLIL Approach at a Japanese University: Exploring Ways to Provide Language Support Effectively
This study reports on the results and challenges of implementing the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approach in an …
Learning International Literacy and News English Through Cross-disciplinary Instructional Modules
Discussing international affairs demands multidisciplinary knowledge and communication strategies from partakers. The demand is elevated for nonnative English speakers when …
Investigating the Impact of Acquiring Formulaic Language on Improving the Written Skills of Intermediate Level Students in a Bridge Programme
This presentation introduces to the audience the outcome of a study that investigated the impact of teaching formulaic Language on …
(Re)thinking English Teacher Education in Brazil: Undergraduate Students and Teacher Educators’ Perspectives on Multiliteracies and English as a Lingua Franca
Globalization has challenged distribution and understanding of knowledge causing instability and uncertainty for teacher education. This paper presents the results …
Stories on YouTube: Can This Be an Effective Learning Tool to Improve Listening and Reading Comprehension Skills?
Use of online learning opportunities among language teachers and learners has become one of the commonly utilized tools as they …
Homework Worksheets Designed to Promote Learner Autonomy
Developing learner autonomy can be a long and arduous journey but it is what language educators aspire to achieve. Discover …
Field Trips in English Teaching in Vietnam
It’s years since the dawn of field trips which have been widely used as an effective tool in foreign language …
English Language Teaching Innovation from the Learning Strategies of High-performing Students in a Government University in Ayutthaya, Thailand
This study aims to (1) investigate students’ English learning strategies, (2) analyze the learning strategies of high-performing students, and (3) …
Renovating Language Labs to Facilitate Classroom Interaction in Language Education
Language labs are widely used in language education. The labs enable teachers to listen to individual students through headsets connected …
Identifying Variables in English as Medium of Instruction: A Trajectory Equifinality Modeling Analysis of Two English Teachers in Japan
The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) has long tried to change the medium of instruction …
Transferring Results of Intercultural Communication Research to Business English Classroom: Structure and Register Fluctuation in Business Emails from British, Polish, and Spanish Companies
Emails are the most common communication means in the present business world. A broad range of email studies focused on …
Oral Discourse Analysis in a Master’s Classroom: A Cross-Cultural Approach
The purpose of this communication is to present the results of a study about some teaching experiences applying oral discourse …
Teaching English to Refugees in Greece: The Case of Lexena School – Challenges and Possibilities
In the last year Greece has experience an influx of refugees, this has been associated with forces having a highly …
Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis of Modal Auxiliary Verb Usage by Japanese Learners of English in Argumentative Essays
This research concludes that Japanese non-native English speakers (JNNSs) use modal auxiliary verbs in a way that differs from what …
An Exploratory Study about Korean Students’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of English Medium Instruction Courses and Their Use of Language Learning Strategies
English Medium Instruction (EMI) in university courses is expected to have positive effects on university students’ English language learning in …
A Critical Discourse Analysis of English Listening Sections of Korean College Scholastic Tests
I conducted a critical discourse analysis of the English listening sections of the 2019 and 2018 Korean College Scholastic Ability …
Exploring CLIL Tasks in EFL Classrooms: Development of Mock English Television Advertisements for Raising Intercultural and Media Awareness
This study aimed to investigate the effects of having Japanese university students create mock English television advertisements as a CLIL …
Language Learning Behind the Screen: Movies for Second Language Acquisition
Teaching English through movies, TV-shows, and video clips is a relatively modern way of enhancing language acquisition. The benefits of …
Utilizing U.S. TESOL Undergraduate Internship Students to Improve Japanese College Students’ English Skills and the TESOL Students’ Teaching Skills
The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate how utilizing U.S. TESOL undergraduate internship students can help improve Japanese college …
Annexation of Co-curricular Activities: Experiencing and Assessing Grammar Competence in EFL Context
Over the past few years the annexation of co-curricular activities (CCAs) in experiencing learning and assessing grammar competence have increasingly …
No-Level Brick Japanese Language Education: Understanding Learning as Participation in Practice Through a Communities of Practice Perspective
Drawing upon No-Level Brick (NoLBrick) Japanese Language Education (JLE) project at an Italian university, this study explores how a group …
No-Level Brick Foreign Language Education: Definition of the Field and Explanation of the Purposes – Japanese Language Classroom as Case Study
Today, we frequently observe social discriminations. These are tightly connected to stereotypes and intolerance toward others’ values differing to ours. …
No-Level Brick Japanese Language Education: Expectations Toward Language Teaching
This study explores dynamic relationships between students and student-facilitators, aiming to explore how student expectations influence their relationship and thus …
A Study of the Mutual Phonetic Resemblance between Japanese and Chinese: Quantification of the Difficulty of Phonetic Cross-comprehension
This study investigated mutual phonetic resemblances of Chinese ideograms in both Japanese and Chinese by analyzing a database of 1078 …
A Review of Foreign Language Education Policy Researches in China Through Bibliometric Analysis of CSSCI: History, Content and Trend
This research investigates the structure and dynamics of foreign language policy and planning research in China over the last twenty …
Using Mobile Games to Enhance English Vocabulary Knowledge: A Case Study of Thai Employees in an International Workplace
Vocabulary knowledge is significantly important for English language communication. However, research studies have reported that English as a foreign language …
The Challenges of Implementing Task Based Language Approach in ESL Classes
This presentation introduces to the audience the outcome of a study that compares the Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) approach and …
A One Semester Research Study on the Effects of Extensive Reading on Students’ Receptive Vocabulary Size
Extensive Reading has been touted as beneficial for improving students’ reading fluency, speed, confidence, and vocabulary. This paper examines whether …
Perceptions of EFL Instructors on Negotiation of Meaning Strategies from a Global Perspective
The world has had a major shift to more communicative approaches in English Language Teaching. As new perspectives are adopted …
What is Expected of Us? – Study Abroad and Expected Roles of Native and Local Teachers
As study abroad with English has become popular for university students in Japan, in-country language preparation courses have become a …
The History of English Education in Japan: Focusing on Its Dawn
How did the English education start in Japan? A strong need to foster human resources to handle situations in the …
Comparing Vocabulary Profiles of Asian L2 Written English in the ICNALE Corpus
This brief study examines the vocabulary profiles of Asian EFL students’ written English in the International Corpus Network of …
Basic Research and Ethical Inquiry for EFL Students: Implementation and Reflection
Ethical inquiry and reasoning are essential types of critical thinking. Developing and understanding research skills are necessary components of a …