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Direct linkKanaya, Mariko; Sato, Takahiro; McKay, Cathy; Braun, Saori I.; Takagi, Hideki – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2023
The purpose of this article is to explain an international perspective on strategies to increase college students' empathy in gymnastics courses. One of the most popular basic physical activity courses in Japan is a trampoline-based gymnastics course that helps college students practice the safe use of the trampoline based on their own…
Descriptors: College Students, Empathy, Athletics, Foreign Countries
Download full textYuya Arai – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2022
In second or foreign language (L2) extensive reading (ER) studies, learners have been encouraged to read easy books despite the lack of consensus concerning how to define book difficulty. In light of previous studies reporting that book difficulty can play an important role in learners' affect in ER (e.g., Bahmani & Farvardin, 2017; Chiang,…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Time, Difficulty Level, Student Attitudes
Curry, Neil; Maher, Kate; Peeters, Ward – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2020
Students describing feelings of anxiety and a lack of confidence for speaking in a foreign language can be a common phenomenon in the context of Japanese higher education. We believe that cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques can be used to help such learners overcome these feelings. A scenario-based questionnaire, adapted from Gkonou and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), College Students
Inada, Takako – English Language Teaching, 2021
Lessons for developing students' communication skills have been recently introduced to university English education in Japan, and the lesson format has become student-centered. As lessons are given in English and students have more opportunities to practice speaking in English, there are likely to be controversies over the proper balance between…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Nakamura, Sachiko – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Learners' attributions have received increasing attention in second/foreign language (L2) learning. Studies have shown that how learners attribute their performance influences not only their self-efficacy, motivation, and goal attainment but also their emotions (Hsieh, 2012; Hsieh & Kang, 2010; Hsieh & Shallert, 2008; Weiner, 2000, 2014).…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Attitude Change, Learning Motivation
York, James; Stiller, Scott – JALT CALL Journal, 2013
The social-media news website "Reddit" boasts a huge readership with over 35 million unique visitors for December 2011 alone. Content is generated by users, who submit links from other websites to the various sub-forums. Users also have the ability to comment on links, providing the means for a community to be developed. Both content and…
Descriptors: Cartoons, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
