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Despite policies from Japan’s education ministry (MEXT) designed to promote communicative language teaching (CLT), Japanese teachers of English (JTEs) have tended to continue using yakudoku (grammar-translation) (Nishino, 2011). This... more
Comparing the study of Spanish and Japanese textbooks, relating to the subject of “Artistic, Plastic and Visual Education”, one reaches the basic conclusion that the Spanish model is focused on the teaching of artistic appreciation,... more
From 2011-2013, the new Japanese Foreign Language Course of Study (CoS) will be implemented to improve foreign language education at the primary and secondary school levels. However, there seems to be a general lack of confidence in... more
Recent reforms to Foreign Language Activities policies in Japan have highlighted the importance of facilitating multilingualism and multiculturalism in global contexts. However, many of the most recent elementary school textbooks... more
Language policy in Japan is undergoing a major paradigm shift. Starting this April, fifth and sixth graders in public schools will begin taking compulsory English classes. By 2013, all secondary-level English courses are to be taught... more
By the comparison of Japanese and Spanish Art Education, we found the Spanish model focused on the teaching of artistic appreciation, whereas the Japanese model is based on the children's expressive development. We support the idea of... more
The Japanese education system has been in a constant state of reform, with pressure towards CLT (communicative language teaching) in language education being made as far back as the 1980s. Fast forward to 2017 and there appears to have... more
Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) introduced a new English education curriculum in 2009 that took effect in the 2013-14 academic year at the senior secondary school level. The main educational... more
In EFL contexts where students' chances to use English are limited to the classroom, minimizing their use of L1 to develop fluency in English is often encouraged in instruction. However, recent studies have reported that students' partial... more
Exploring the role an EMI class focusing on the writing aspects of twentieth century art movements can play in encouraging CALP and plurilingualism among Japanese tertiary level students.
In Japan, in 2013, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology implemented a new national curriculum in which teachers of English as a foreign language are to conduct their classes in English. However, these... more
In spite of successive reforms to Japan’s national curriculum, the Course of Study, communicative approaches have not been widely adopted in Japanese senior high schools where teaching continues to focus on reading through grammar and... more
Japan has a long and complicated history of neglect regarding English as a foreign language (EFL) writing instruction in secondary and tertiary education. This is due, in large part, to the perception by teachers, students and other key... more
The gaps in content, language, and teaching style between high school English classes and Oral Communication classes often send students mixed messages about both the purpose of English education and the nature of the language itself.... more
This paper discusses the impact of the Ministry of Education’s new national senior high school Course of Study for Foreign Languages on collaboration between Japanese teachers of English and native speakers of English. In consideration of... more
Teacher agency, or teachers’ “action potential” (van Lier, 2008), is more commonly viewed by researchers as having a reciprocal relationship with the particularities of their institutions or contexts. This view is further illustrated when... more
The 2013 MEXT senior high school English curriculum presents a valuable opportunity to adopt innovative approaches in further developing the communicative competence of EFL learners. However, the goals of the new curriculum raise... more
The senior high school reform initiative in the Japanese national curriculum for foreign languages, implemented since 2013, has required Japanese teachers of English (JTEs) to conduct their English classes in English. However, JTEs are... more
This presentation examines how Japanese teachers of English and native English speaking teachers make sense of the current Course of Study for Foreign Languages in Upper Secondary Schools, particularly the requirement that English classes... more