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THE LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AT JAPANESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Author : Shigeo Uematsu
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book THE LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AT JAPANESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS written by Shigeo Uematsu and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was an investigation of the effect of English Learning in the Elementary School (ELES) on both English language skills and affective variables. The participants were 145 public junior high school students in Grades 7 and 8; 72 participants received English language instruction once a week in the local public elementary schools in tokku (special educational district), while the remaining 73 participants had not received any English language instruction in their local public elementary schools. Three research questions were investigated: (a) To what degree do the ELES Experienced students and the Non- Experienced students differ in terms of their English listening, speaking, reading, vocabulary, and grammar skills?; (b) To what degree do the ELES Experienced students and the Non- Experienced students differ on the motivational and attitudinal variables?; (c) To what degree do the affective differences between the Grade 7 and Grade 8 results converge or diverge? The Experienced group outperformed the Non-experienced group to a statistically significant degree on the listening test in Grades 7 and 8, on the speaking test in both Grades 7 and 8, except for the Grade 8 story-telling task. The Experienced group outperformed the Non-experienced group on vocabulary/grammar and reading tests, but the results did not reach statistical significance in part because of a lack of statistical power caused by the modest N-size. Unlike previous research findings, no statistically significant differences were found between the Experienced and Non-experienced students for the four motivational and attitudinal variables of Attitudes Toward Intercultural Communication, Attitudes Toward English Learning, Respect for Self and Others, and Reasons for Studying English. Although the conversion or diversion of English skills could not be obtained because different tests were administered to measure the Grade 7 and Grade 8 participants' English skills, the above affective variables did not converge or diverge from Grade 7 to Grade 8.

Long-term effects of Learning English

Author : Shigeo Uematsu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9812874933
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Long-term effects of Learning English written by Shigeo Uematsu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a pioneering longitudinal study on English language instruction at the elementary school (ELES) level in the Japanese public school system. It attempts to identify those domains most sensitive to early English instruction by employing a state-of-the-art quantitative research methodology. English education was formally introduced in Japan for fifth and sixth graders in 2011 and is still in its infancy as a program. This study compares two groups (Grade 7 and 8) of students, one with ELES and one without, in order to shed light on their experiences. Comparisons are carried out not only quantitatively, measuring changes in English skills (listening, speaking, reading, and vocabulary / grammar) and the ELES students’ affective aspects, but also qualitatively through in-depth interviews. Thus, this study attempts to capture the ELES students’ experiences from a multi-dimensional perspective. The comprehensive literature review provided offers a valuable resource not only for researchers looking for a quick digest of the literature in this field before undertaking their own research, but also for policy-makers seeking to assess how to best implement ELES.

Teaching English at Japanese Universities

Author : Paul Wadden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351377272
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Teaching English at Japanese Universities written by Paul Wadden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by leading English-language educators in Japan, this Handbook provides an in-depth guide for the new generation of teachers at Japanese universities. In clear, accessible prose, it offers practical and detailed advice on effective classroom pedagogy, student motivation, learning styles, classroom culture, national language policy, career opportunities, departmental politics, administrative mindset, and institutional identity. Its four sections—The setting, The courses, The classroom, and The workplace—examine issues faced by university language teachers as well as challenges confronted by the increasing number of scholars teaching English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) courses. Firmly grounded in contemporary teaching method and theory, the Handbook’s 23 chapters also acknowledge the influence of diverse movements such as World Englishes, global issues, gender, and positive psychology. Its three appendices contain information on organizations, books, journals, and websites particularly useful for Japanese university educators; explanation of types and rankings of schools; ways to learn more about individual institutions for job-hunting; and detailed information on the structure (and Japanese titles) of faculty and non-teaching staff at the typical university. This Handbook is an invaluable resource for anyone teaching, or aspiring to teach, at a Japanese university.

English in Japan. Language policies in Education

Author : Elena Agathokleous
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 334636674X
Total Pages : 9 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (463 download)

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Book Synopsis English in Japan. Language policies in Education by : Elena Agathokleous

Download or read book English in Japan. Language policies in Education written by Elena Agathokleous and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: The paper deals with the English language in Japan, specifically language policies in education. English has become the language through which the citizens of the globalized community of our world communicate and collaborate. The ability for a person to be able to use the English language to communicate with others is now more important than ever even in countries like Japan which in the past had no significant amount of tourists or immigrants and a rather local mentality of businesses so there was no great need for these people to be proficient in English.

The Evolution of English Language Learners in Japan

Author : Yoko Kobayashi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351804561
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Book Synopsis The Evolution of English Language Learners in Japan by : Yoko Kobayashi

Download or read book The Evolution of English Language Learners in Japan written by Yoko Kobayashi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks a better understanding of the sociocultural and ideological factors that influence English study in Japan and study-abroad contexts such as university-bound high schools, female-dominant English classes at college, ESL schools in Canada, and private or university-affiliated ESL programs in Singapore and Malaysia. The discussion is based not only on data garnered from Japanese EFL learners and Japanese/overseas educators but also on official English language policies and commercial magazine discourses about English study for Japanese people. The book addresses seemingly incompatible themes that are either entrenched in or beyond Japan’s EFL context such as: Japan’s decades-long poorly-performing English education vs. its equally long-lived status as an economic power; Japanese English learners’ preference for native English speakers/norms in at-home Japanese EFL contexts vs. their friendship with other Asian students in western study-abroad contexts; Japanese female students’ dream of using English to further their careers vs. Japanese working women’s English study for self-enrichment; Japanese society’s obsession with globalization through English study vs. the Japanese economy sustained by monolingual Japanese businessmen; Japanese business magazines’ frequent cover issues on global business English study vs. Japanese working women’s magazines’ less frequent and markedly feminized discourses about English study.

ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN JAPAN'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Author : Peter A. Ferguson
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN JAPAN'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS written by Peter A. Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in April 2020, the Japanese government continued its English education language policy reform by introducing foreign language instruction as an academic subject for Grade 5 and Grade 6 students. The purpose of this study was to investigate how stakeholders across the education system have contended with policy creation, policy interpretation, and policy appropriation in public elementary school classrooms. Using a conceptual framework of ethnography of language policy and open systems theory, this multiple case study was designed to investigate policy as text, policy as discourse, and policy as classroom practice. In order to achieve these aims I used qualitative methods of data collection that included content analysis of policy documents, and interviews with national policymakers, educational authorities from local Boards of Education, school principals, and classroom teachers. In addition, observations of English lessons at three public elementary schools within the same prefecture were analyzed to understand how the schools approached policy implementation and how close did the teachers' appropriation of EFL lessons correspond with the goals of the 2020 Course of Study. The 2020 Elementary School Course of Study established English as an academic subject for students in Grades 5 and 6. An analysis of the policy documents revealed positive changes in the realignment of the purpose and aims of education from elementary school through high school. In addition, the 2020 Course of Study introduces an updated assessment framework for teaching and learning across all subjects for elementary school, junior high school and high school. However, how English is conceptualized and integrated into the national curriculum appears in places not to match some of the new aims of the 2020 Course of Study and uses ambivalent terms, such as language activities with little guidance for teachers on how to teach English. The interviews with participants provided insights from various stakeholders on their beliefs and experiences towards educational language policy creation, transmission, and implementation. A total of 72 interviews were conducted for this study. National-level policymakers and advisors spoke of the politics during policy formulation. In addition, discursive struggles between conservative and progress views of education and foreign language education also influenced policymakers' objectives. A discourse of expertise, which restricted agency and voice for certain participants, also emerged from the interview data. All of these points and others created a situation where policy implementation took on a form of bricolage. During the 17 months of field work at the three participating schools, 58 lessons were observed, recorded, and analyzed. The findings from the classroom observations revealed that each school's approach to implementing English as a subject in Grades 5 and 6 changed each year. Teachers had difficulties navigating shifting discourses towards English lessons, along with understanding new and ambiguous terminology towards teaching practices and assessment. The findings showed that teachers were generally meeting the goals of the 2020 English Course of Study; however, the teaching of reading and listening were problematic for many teachers. The discussion section comprises implications for future policy creation and implementation, classroom pedagogy, and the theoretical implications. The intended audience for this investigation includes stakeholders interested in applied linguistics, language policy and planning, comparative education, and Japanese studies. This study contributes to the research on educational language policy and our understanding that policy is more than declaring and seeking particular outcomes, but a consistently evolving process with conflicting discourses and ideologies. This study adds to our understanding how the structure of Japan's education system and the social organization of the schools can enable and inhibit certain stakeholders positioned across the education system. Lastly, this study contributes to our understanding of what it means to be an English teacher in Japan's public elementary school schools.

Resources in Education

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Japanese Social Influences on Academic High School Students' Attitudes Toward Long-term English Learning

Author : Yoko Kobayashi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (133 download)

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Book Synopsis Japanese Social Influences on Academic High School Students' Attitudes Toward Long-term English Learning by : Yoko Kobayashi

Download or read book Japanese Social Influences on Academic High School Students' Attitudes Toward Long-term English Learning written by Yoko Kobayashi and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on Japanese high school students at university preparatory high schools, this thesis examined Japanese social influences on the students' attitudes toward long-term English learning and on gender differences in this attitudinal variable. Drawing its theoretical framework from Gardner's socioeducational model, this study presupposed the relation between Japanese social milieu and Japanese students' attitudes toward long-term English learning. In order to interpret the quantitative data of this study from the Japanese social perspective, this study used not only its own data obtained from the research participants but also other extant data from related previous studies. This study found that students' interest in learning about the outside world and communicating with people in English and their perceptions about studying English as a main school subject influence their attitudes toward long-term English learning. In contrast to this finding, students' self-reported academic English grade and their self-rated English skills were found to have little influence on their attitudes toward long-term English learning. This study demonstrated that these findings are embedded in the Japanese university preparatory high school context in which English education places undue emphasis on entrance examinations and results in the underdevelopment of students' English communicative skills, as perceived by both the students and teachers. Regarding gender differences, female students were found to be more positive toward their current and future English learning. It was argued that Japanese women's marginalized status in the society and related social elements such as the femininity of English professions in Japan are likely to cause women's positive attitudes toward English learning. This study verified that the focus on the relationship between social milieu and language attitudes can generate a new understanding of research findings on L2 attitudes. In order to concretely make evident the strength of this study with its context-based perspective, it was demonstrated that what Chihara and Oller (1978), a classic study on Japanese students' attitudes toward English, failed to explain about some of their major findings could be explained with an understanding of the Japanese context for students' English learning at school.

English Language Teaching

Author : Veronika Makarova
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book English Language Teaching written by Veronika Makarova and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Language Teacher Motivation, Autonomy and Development in East Asia

Author : Yuzo Kimura
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030934675
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Teacher Motivation, Autonomy and Development in East Asia by : Yuzo Kimura

Download or read book Language Teacher Motivation, Autonomy and Development in East Asia written by Yuzo Kimura and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume highlights unique features of L2 teachers’ motivation, autonomy and career development in Far East counties (including Japan, South Korea and China), using diverse methodological research approaches incorporating both quantitative and qualitative paradigms. While much of current research focuses on students’ psychology, this volume looks into EFL teachers’ motivation and autonomy. Both discussions of theoretical issues of teacher motivation and autonomy and practical, classroom-based investigations are included and written to appeal to researchers, as well as applied teacher audiences. The theoretical chapters give readers a solid grounding in the issues of interest to the field. The practical chapters offer cutting edge insights and can also serve as templates on which postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers can base future studies. This helps the book to offer a dual service to the research community, addressing both issues of theorization of research and the practice of conducting research investigations.

Bilingualism in Schools and Society

Author : Sarah J. Shin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315535556
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Bilingualism in Schools and Society written by Sarah J. Shin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of Bilingualism in Schools and Society is an accessible introduction to the sociolinguistic and educational aspects of and the political issues surrounding bilingualism, including code-switching in popular music, advertising, and online social spaces. It also addresses the personal aspect of the topic in a well-informed discussion of what it means to study and live with multiple languages in a globalized world and practical advice on raising bilingual children. Extensive new material has been added that deals with more holistic understandings of bilingual performance, including translanguaging, flexible bilingualism, and code-meshing; blending standard and vernacular languages/dialects in hybrid texts; and recent developments in policies surrounding the education of English Learners and EL assessment, including Common Core State Standards (CCSS), PARCC and SBAC testing, WIDA and ELPA21 language assessments, and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Updated and new discussions on community-based heritage language programs and 'super-diversity' further enhance this new edition, along with updated statistics on bilingual populations and the world's top languages. Each chapter includes lists of further readings, helpful digital resources and study questions, as well as student activities and boxed vignettes. Firmly grounded in the analysis of empirical work with bilingual children and adults in various multilingual settings throughout the world, Bilingualism in Schools and Society is the ideal text for courses on bilingualism in language education programs.

Reauthorization of the Bilingual Education Act

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
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Download or read book Reauthorization of the Bilingual Education Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Congressional hearing on the reauthorization of the Bilingual Education Act, held in McAllen Texas, focuses on issues to consider in the reauthorization of the Bilingual Education Act. After opening statements by Chairman Michael Castle and Representative Ruben Hinojosa, both of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, there are seven statements by the following individuals: Ellen M. Gonzalez, Associate Executive Director, Region One Education Service Center, Edinburg, Texas; Josefina Villamil Tinajero, Assistant Dean and Professor of Bilingual Education, University of Texas El Paso, Texas; Gloria F. Garza, kindergarten teacher, Pharr, Texas; Alba Ortiz, Associate Dean, University of Texas Austin, Texas; Gilberto Anzaldua, Superintendent, El Paso Independent School District, Texas; Gloria Gallegos, Executive Director of Special Programs, Pasadena Independent School District, Texas; and Hilda Medrano, Deal of College of Education, University of Texas, Pan American, Edinburg, Texas. Eight appendixes present the opening statement and written statements. (SM)

Federal Register

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Total Pages : 1062 pages
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Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-27 with total page 1062 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Re-contextualizing English as a Foreign Language Instruction

Author : Eriko Katsumata
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Re-contextualizing English as a Foreign Language Instruction written by Eriko Katsumata and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

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Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Japanese Lessons

Author : Gail R. Benjamin
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814723403
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Lessons written by Gail R. Benjamin and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1998-08-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin dismantles Americans' preconceived notions of the Japanese education system "Gail R. Benjamin reaches beyond predictable images of authoritarian Japanese educators and automaton schoolchildren to show the advantages and disadvantages of a system remarkably different from the American one..."—The New York Times Book Review Americans regard the Japanese educational system and the lives of Japanese children with a mixture of awe and indignance. We respect a system that produces higher literacy rates and superior math skills, but we reject the excesses of a system that leaves children with little free time and few outlets for creativity and self-expression. In Japanese Lessons, Gail R. Benjamin recounts her experiences as a American parent with two children in a Japanese elementary school. An anthropologist, Benjamin successfully weds the roles of observer and parent, illuminating the strengths of the Japanese system and suggesting ways in which Americans might learn from it. With an anthropologist's keen eye, Benjamin takes us through a full year in a Japanese public elementary school, bringing us into the classroom with its comforting structure, lively participation, varied teaching styles, and non-authoritarian teachers. We follow the children on class trips and Sports Days and through the rigors of summer vacation homework. We share the experiences of her young son and daughter as they react to Japanese schools, friends, and teachers. Through Benjamin we learn what it means to be a mother in Japan--how minute details, such as the way mothers prepare lunches for children, reflect cultural understandings of family and education.

Dual Language Education

Author : Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 9781853595318
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Dual Language Education written by Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.