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Direct linkSuzuki, Wataru; Itagaki, Nobuya – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
Languaging that second language (L2) learners engage in while producing and comprehending language is a major source of L2 learning [Swain, M., 2006. "Languaging, agency and collaboration in advanced language proficiency." In: Byrnes, H. (Ed.), "Advanced Language Learning: The Contribution of Halliday and Vygotsky." Continuun,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Grammar, Second Language Learning
Kresovich, Brant M. – Southern Review, 1989
Seven sentence combining activities designed to be stimulating and effective for college-level Japanese students of English as a Second Language are described. It is also demonstrated that a wide range of subjects can provide viable and engaging topics for the activities. The exercises include the following: (1) combining sentences provided into a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Christensen, Torkil – Hokusei Womens Junior College Kiyo, 1986
A technique for teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) that requires students to write relatively simple English in large volume has been successful in developing both language skills and self-confidence. Students rewrite stories to reflect situations and conditions different from those in the original telling; for example, by changing the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Download full textShishin, Alex – 1986
Composition instruction in Japan's two-year colleges must build on the English learned in earlier education and undo the problems created by the grammar-translation method. In addition, it must often develop creativity and critical-thinking skills not commonly taught in the Japanese educational system. One teacher's approach is to stress…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, College English, College Freshmen
Sawyer, Doug – 1998
A two-semester course in English composition offered in a Japanese university is described. The course is designed to transition students from minimal skills in communicative writing at program entry to a course in field-specific technical writing by exposing students to several writing genres. Key activities of the course include pre- and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, English for Academic Purposes
PDF pending restorationKluge, David, Ed.; McGuire, Steve, Ed.; Johnson, David, Ed. – 1999
This volume is a collection of papers focused on a single theme, cooperative learning, written by classroom teachers of varying experience levels. This book introduces cooperative learning and gives examples of cooperative learning activities, units, and systems created by teachers in Japan, The United States, and Canada, who are currently using…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
