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Direct linkIsmailov, Murod; Ono, Yuichi – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2021
Unlike conventional distance learning, the COVID-19-induced emergency online learning environment has resulted in students experiencing prolonged social isolation and anxiety, thereby creating additional barriers to their motivation to learn. Studying under these conditions influences students' motivation to complete and turn in course-related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning
Download full textPoulshock, Joseph – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2010
For this research, learners did extensive graded reading (EGR) with traditional graded readers, and they also interacted with short graded stories in the liberal arts and sciences (LAS). This study describes the purpose and format of the LAS stories used by hundreds of university students and adult learners in Japan. It summarizes the results of…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Christensen, Torkil – Speech Communication Education, 1990
Some problems facing Japanese learners reading English as a Second Language at the college level are discussed, based on classroom experience with first- and fourth-year English majors. In one group of tasks, students were asked to respond to an open-ended question, perform a reading comprehension exercise, and find specific constructions in…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Loucky, John Paul – 1994
The study reported here had three major objectives: (1) assessment of average vocabulary and comprehension levels of Japanese college students studying English as a second language (ESL) and comparison of the effectiveness of several formats for teaching vocabulary, reading comprehension, and listening comprehension; (2) comparison of three media…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Cultural Context
Smith, Craig – 1994
The guide offers practical ideas to bilingual parents wishing to teach and encourage English-language reading while their children are attending Japanese-medium primary schools in Japan. Parents are encouraged to analyze their home language environment, including both spoken and written English use. The author provides anecdotal accounts of his…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Context, Educational Strategies, English
PDF pending restorationKitao, Kenji – Doshisha Business Review, 1992
Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) has been studied in Japan since about 1963. However, materials for computer-assisted English second language instruction at the college level are not highly developed. A 1985 experiment in CAI at one Japanese university used materials developed by faculty, staff, and students. Instruction using CAI at Doshisha…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Course Organization
Kitao, Kenji; Kitao, S. Kathleen – 1995
The collection of papers on the teaching of English as a second language includes: "Teaching English in Japan"; "Reading and Evaluating Quantitative Research"; "Transformational Generative Grammar and Language Teaching"; "Process and Social Aspects of Writing: Theory and Classroom Application";…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Contrastive Linguistics
Bird, Norman, Ed.; And Others – 1994
Papers from a 1993 International Conference on Language in Education include: "A Language Development Approach to Education" (M. A. K. Halliday); Text, Talk, and Inquiry: Schooling as a Semiotic Apprenticeship" (G. Wells); "Chinese Orthography and Reading" (O. J. L. Tzeng); "Task-Centred Assessment in Language…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies
Cornwell, Steve, Ed.; Rule, Peggy, Ed.; Sugino, Toshiko, Ed. – 1997
Papers from an international conference on language teaching/learning are presented by topic and grouped under seven sections. An introductory section contains two papers on cultural diversity and world English. The second section, on teacher development, contains papers on these topics: teacher development and socialization; teachers' responses…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Cooperative Learning
