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Scott Aubrey; Andrew Philpott – Language Teaching Research, 2025
This study examined the impact of collaborative pre-task strategic planning followed by rehearsal on the quantity and novelty of content used in task performances when strategic planning is performed in different language conditions in an online classroom. Forty Japanese university students of English as a foreign language (EFL) from two intact…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Language Usage, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Umino, Tae – Modern Language Journal, 2023
This study explores the possibilities of using digitally produced multimodal language learning histories (MLLHs) to understand the experiences of learning a second language (L2) of a group of university students in Japan (N = 21). The study observes that learners' MLLHs are texts in which the visual elements of language, place, person, learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Learning Experience, Student Experience
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Sohyeon Bae; Kyle L. Chong – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2024
In this qualitative study, we analyzed the processes of a collaborative online international learning (COIL) collaboration between two higher education institutions in Japan and the United States from the perspective of the technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPACK) framework. The research question this study aimed to address was:…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Cooperative Learning
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York, James – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
This article introduces an empirical study of "Connected Learning" in a Japanese EFL classroom context, instantiated through the Bridging Activities pedagogical framework. Students considered their interests, made groups, and joined Reddit communities. Self-selected texts were then analyzed with rigorous teacher mediation. Students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Educational Practices, Learning Processes
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Leontjev, Dmitri; deBoer, Mark Antony – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
In Japan, CLIL instruction falls under a soft-CLIL approach, content serving as secondary to language instruction. Furthermore, assessment in classrooms in Japan is oftentimes limited to assessing the product summatively. In the paper, we argue for the value of focusing on content in CLIL activities and assessing the process with the goal to…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Academic Language
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Sho Kobayashi – Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 2024
This study explores the affective aspects -- willingness to communicate (WTC) and International Posture (IP) -- and speaking skills after using technological tools. Online synchronous meeting tool, Zoom, and the asynchronous tool, Padlet, were used as online learning platforms. Data were collected using an 8-item questionnaire on the WTC and a…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Communication Skills, Speech Skills
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Woodward, Heather; Warrick, Andrew – Research-publishing.net, 2020
For three months, Japanese university learners (N=40) utilized the YoTeach! application by Pedagogic and Active Learning Mobile Solutions (PALMS) Project, PolyU as a part of their English discussion class. Researchers re-purposed the application, which originally was designed to be an online classroom backchannel, as an asynchronous, pre-task…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Electronic Learning
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Sarah Prestridge; Seng Chee Tan; Michele Jacobsen; H. Ulrich Hoppe; Charoula Angeli; Marcelo Milrad; Shesha Kanta Pangeni; Eugenia Kovatcheva; Ayoub Kafyulilo; Brendan Flanagan; Ferial Khaddage – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
This article originated from a working group on "Learning beyond formal schooling through human--computer--human interaction (HCHI)" convened at the UNESCO EDUSummIT 2023 in Kyoto (Japan). A polylogue approach was adopted by engaging eight co-authors whose diverse perspectives culminated in propositions that addressed the pivotal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Nonformal Education, Computer Mediated Communication
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Humphreys, Gareth – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2023
Objectives: Two sets of intercultural learning resources incorporating Global Englishes learning content were developed for self-access use in the higher education context. The resources were investigated in terms of student learning experiences across two contexts in Japan: an English language major program and a nonlanguage major program. The…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Comparative Analysis, Student Attitudes, Intercultural Communication
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Jirajittra Higgins – Journal of International Students, 2024
With increasing global interconnectivity, effective cross-cultural interaction has become crucial for global citizens. However, learners in non-English speaking countries often lack practical English communicative skills and opportunities for authentic language practice. This study explores the effectiveness of a virtual exchange programme in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intercultural Communication
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Lassila, Erkki T.; Ahn, Ruth – International Journal of Teacher Leadership, 2022
This case study examines four Japanese pre-service teachers' (PST's) experience of learning Bob Moses' student-centered pedagogical framework (Moses & Cobb, 2001) in the context of teaching English as a foreign language, a subject arguably the most difficult for both Japanese students and teachers. The framework is most effective when used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Methods
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Leander S. Hughes – Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 2023
Previous research comparing communicative to non-communicative computer-mediated tasks requiring output production found an advantage in L2 vocabulary learning efficiency in favor of the communicative task (Hughes, 2023). The present study analyzes the chat data from Hughes (2023) to determine what features of interaction may have contributed to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Task Analysis
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Inada, Yuko – Journal of Education and Learning, 2022
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) globally accelerated distance learning. Students who wish to create new businesses pursue collaborative learning in a cross-cultural environment. However, the research on the effect of collaborative learning on such courses is scant. This study investigated the changes in students' entrepreneurial competencies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Cooperative Learning, Online Courses
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Istifci, Ilknur; Dogan Ucar, Asiye – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2021
The various possibilities that social media offers to language learners and teachers have long been recognized by researchers within the field of language instruction, and many studies have been carried out in an attempt to address and unpack its potential contributions. This paper aims to review such research on the use of mainstream social media…
Descriptors: Social Media, Second Language Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Videoconferencing
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Ng, Clarence – Modern Language Journal, 2021
The Vygotskian concept of "perezhivanie," or emotional lived experience, was adopted to examine the learner identities of 2 Japanese university students in English language learning. Current studies on language learner identities have given analytic primacy to either psychological processes or social influences. In contrast,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Electronic Publishing
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