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Direct linkSaito, Kazuya; Akiyama, Yuka – Language Learning, 2017
This study examined the impact of video-based conversational interaction on the longitudinal development (one academic semester) of second language production by college-level Japanese English-as-a-foreign-language learners. Students in the experimental group engaged in weekly dyadic conversation exchanges with native speakers in the United States…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Persuasive Discourse
Rivers, Damian J.; Ross, Andrew S. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2013
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education within the context of Japan is firmly underpinned by sociohistorical constructions of racial difference and racial hierarchies that have considerable influence on contemporary student and institutional attitudes. Embracing these sociohistorical foundations, this article adopts experimental procedures…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Saito, Kazuya – Language Learning, 2013
The current study investigated the impact of recasts together with form-focused instruction (FFI) on the development of second language speech perception and production of English /?/ by Japanese learners. Forty-five learners were randomly assigned to three groups--FFI recasts, FFI only, and Control--and exposed to four hours of communicatively…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Experimental Groups, Pronunciation, Auditory Perception
