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Stephens, Meredith – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2020
Bilingualism was not the norm in our family tradition, except for distant ancestors who spoke Gaelic. The only language study by immediate family members was of Latin by my parents. In the first year that Japanese was offered at my high school in the 1970's, I was prompted by the teachers to try this new offering. I acquiesced without giving it…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Japanese, Bilingualism, Biculturalism
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Rumiko Nakano – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2025
Students in higher education settings are susceptible to well-being concerns, as indicated by the global pervasiveness of mental illness and high rates of suicide. International students especially tend to encounter problems due to necessary adjustments in language and culture as well as loneliness when separated from family and close friends.…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Well Being, College Students, Suicide
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Hiratsuka, Takaaki; Nall, Matthew; Castellano, Joachim – TESL-EJ, 2023
Native-speakerism is an ideology that endows those classified as native English-speaking teachers (NESTs) the owners of the English language, the ideal models of its use, and the pedagogical experts in language teaching. These endowments, in turn, intrinsically devalue those classified as non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) (Holliday,…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Fathali, Somayeh; Marandi, Seyyedeh Susan; Okada, Takeshi – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2022
It is believed that there is a significant difference between the use of technology in technologically advanced and advancing countries, and the users in the former act far better with technology than the users in the latter. However, there is not enough report on how this usage differs in terms of the independent use of technology in a foreign…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Cultural Differences
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Barbara Pizziconi; Noriko Iwasaki – Language Learning Journal, 2024
Upon encountering unfamiliar words or observing local practices in study abroad contexts, second language learners may discuss aspects of the target language and culture with their peers -- 'non-native' friends from the same cultural background or 'natives' of the target culture. Such mediations are instrumental in elaborating understandings, but…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Cultural Context, Stereotypes
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Harumi, Seiko – TESOL Journal, 2023
This article explores the use of conversation analysis (CA)-informed speaking task design to develop second language (L2) learners' interactional repertoires in L2 classrooms. The study draws on the voices of teachers and Japanese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) who encountered difficulties or dilemmas in L2 interaction due to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Error Correction
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Selwood, Jaime; Nykytchenko, Kateryna – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This paper reports on research that aimed to provide initial insight into how university students in two different countries, Japan and Ukraine, coped with greater use of videoconferencing software and whether this resulted in any issues surrounding their online privacy. To facilitate learning under the COVID-19 pandemic, instructors and learners…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Cultural Differences, Coping
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Christopher, Adam – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2021
Perfect intercultural communicative competence skills in the EFL context are difficult to acquire. This paper investigates the use of digital media related classroom projects to promote student intercultural awareness in the Japanese context. Data were collected through selected student digital images/illustrations and interpretations,…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, College Students
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Kesici, Ayse Elitok; Güvercin, Derya; Küçükakça, Hizir – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2021
In this study, fundamental researches on "metacognition" in Turkey, Japan and Singapore between the years of 2010 and 2020 were examined and conclusions were made in terms of comparative education. For this purpose, the data of the research was collected by document scanning method and the data were analyzed using the document review…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Cultural Differences, Problem Solving
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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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Lowe, Robert J. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2021
Critical English language teaching (ELT) research is expanding in scope, covering topics such as linguistic imperialism, native-speakerism, and the intersections between issues of race, class, and gender. With this expansion comes a requirement for robust and rigorous methods of data collection and analysis for researchers to employ. This article…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Koyama, Nobuko – Applied Language Learning, 2020
This study examined the results of a post-internship survey and a follow-up survey and interviews with 11 undergraduate students from the University of California in Davis, who worked as volunteers in a ten-week unpaid internship in Japan to examine their perceptions of the challenges and gains of working abroad. The results of the post-internship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Internship Programs
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Furuta, Yu; Sato, Takahiro; Miller, Ryan T.; Kataoka, Chie; Tomura, Takafumi – European Physical Education Review, 2022
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain Japanese generalist elementary teachers' experiences teaching physical education (PE) to Japanese language learner (JLL) children in public schools in Japan. Participants were seven public elementary school teachers (two females and five males) who had experience teaching JLL children. Data…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Physical Education, Japanese, Teaching Experience
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Humphreys, Gareth – Intercultural Communication Education, 2021
Short-term study abroad (SA) programmes are often promoted as an effective way of developing English language skills and accessing opportunities for intercultural learning. Whilst pre-departure intercultural training is thought to play an important role in enhancing the potential for meaningful learning, overemphasis on essentialist framings of…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zhang, Leticia-Tian; Cassany, Daniel – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2019
While research on Western multimedia platforms, such as YouTube, is prolific and interdisciplinary, Asian portals remain unknown. We explore this field by analyzing the juvenile and intercultural uses of a popular visualization system in Japan and China, known as "danmaku" or "danmu". This technology inserts dynamic and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Foreign Countries, Spanish, Discourse Analysis
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