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Graves, Kathleen, Ed.; Lopriore, Lucilla, Ed. – Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), 2009
These are exciting and challenging times for English language curriculum development for school-age learners. The global reach of English has spurred a rethinking of its role in education and, consequently, a rethinking of how to teach it. The accounts in this volume represent differences in educational systems, language teaching traditions,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Educational Change
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Miller, David C.; Sen, Anindita; Malley, Lydia B.; Burns, Stephanie D. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
This report describes how the education system in the United States compares with education systems in the other Group of Eight (G-8) countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom) that are among the world's most economically developed countries and among the United States' largest economic partners.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Studies, Developed Nations, Educational Indicators
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Tode, Tomoko – Language Teaching Research, 2007
The purpose of this study is to investigate the durability of the effect of explicit and implicit instructions on beginning EFL learners' learning of the copula "be". The study intends to examine whether or not the effect remains after the auxiliary "be" of the progressive is introduced. Three groups of 89 Japanese junior high…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Verbs, Junior High School Students
Nishino, Takako – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2007
Research has shown that extensive reading offers a wide range of learning benefits to second language (L2) learners. However, most studies on L2 extensive reading are conducted collectively on groups of learners and do not provide a detailed picture of individual experience. Moreover, there are few studies conducted on the reading experiences of…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Instruction, Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies
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Pieronek, Florence T. – Reading Teacher, 1978
Discusses reading instruction methods observed in Japanese classrooms. (MKM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Observation
Adachi, Sachiko – 2001
This study examines the growing trend of reading movements in Japan and their origins. There are three main movements: Animacion a la Lectura; Ten-Minutes Reading in the Morning; and Reading Aloud by Parents in schools. This paper reports on the three movements from a review of the literature, personal observations, and practice. The paper…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Reading Instruction
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Sakamoto, Takahiko – Reading Teacher, 1975
Concludes that the development of the reading abilities of preschool children in Japan is mainly a responsibility of the parents. (RB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Parent Influence, Preschool Education, Reading Instruction
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Allen, Kate; Ingulsrud, John E. – Language and Education, 2005
Sales of manga or Japanese comics dominate the publishing market in Japan. Manga cater to a wide variety of readers, ranging from children's comics to adult pornography. In this paper, we focus on adolescent readers and describe patterns of learning to read manga. The findings demonstrate the importance of belonging to a community of readers since…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials
Ollila, Lloyd O., Ed. – 1981
Various aspects of beginning reading programs in six countries are discussed in the five articles in this booklet. In the first article, the principles and methods of instruction used in Sweden are described and trends in beginning reading instruction are noted. The importance of a verbal environment, teacher competence, and early diagnosis in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Foreign Countries, Primary Education, Program Descriptions
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Matsuyama, Utako K. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Argues that while story grammar is useful in teaching students to analyze stories, teachers must be aware that a story grammar approach appropriate for stories written in the Western tradition may not match stories written in the traditions of other cultures. Uses Japanese folktales to illustrate the point. (FL)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Folk Culture
Yamada, Kyoko – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2005
Hoey (1991) claims that lexical patterns, which are a network of repetitious and synonymous words of a text, can be identified even by elementary foreign language readers. The present study investigates whether intermediate Japanese EFL readers can actually find elements of lexical patterns of a text Hoey uses in his book to demonstrate the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Patterns
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Reading Teacher, 1982
Five contributors discuss the following topics: bringing comics to life through readers theatre, peer tutoring to improve word attack and comprehension skills, using storytelling to increase reading comprehension skills on Okinawa, beginning reading in Italy, and using remedial reading students as tutors for younger students. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comics (Publications), Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Takagaki Toshiyuki – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2002
Describes the results of a questionnaire that reveals Japanese students' attitudes towards reading in English versus reading in Japanese. Points out how students may have distorted views about English and English texts, because of their limited exposure to literary texts. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Japanese, Literature
Boe, Erling E.; Shin, Sujie – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
It is widely believed and lamented that U.S. students perform poorly on international comparisons of academic achievement. For example, Edward Silver reports that U.S. seventh- and eighth-grade students performed poorly on the mathematics section of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 1995) and that this indicates "a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Education, Academic Achievement
Rasnak, Mary Ann; And Others – 1989
This annotated bibliography, a project undertaken by graduate students enrolled in a comparative reading course at Northern Illinois University, supplements and updated E. Malmquist's annotated bibliography, "Handbook on Comparative Reading." The bibliography contains 188 annotations drawn from a range of articles, chapters, and texts…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
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