This book examines a wide range of innovations in language learning and teaching in Japan. Each of the chapters describes the impetus for a change or new development in a particular context, from early childhood to adult learning, details its implementation and provides an evaluation of its success. In doing so, they provide a comprehensive overview of best practice in innovating language education from teaching practice in formal classroom settings, to self-directed learning beyond the classroom, and offer recommendations to enhance language education in Japan and beyond. The book will be of interest to scholars of applied linguistics and language development, and in particular to those involved in managing change in language education that attempts to mediate between global trends and local needs.
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This timely collection showcases the many ways in which innovation happens in Japan, often spurred by global and national demographic and social transformations. (John Bankier, JALT Journal, Vol. 43 (1), May, 2021)
Chapter
1. The Scope of Innovation in Japanese Language Education; Hayo
Reinders, Sachiko Nakamura, and Stephen Ryan.
Chapter
2. English in Japan in
an era of global uncertainty; Philip Seargeant.
Chapter
3. CLIL in
comparison with PPP: A revolution in ELT by competency-based language
education; Makoto Ikeda.
Chapter
4. Innovations in elementary classrooms:
Integrating the teaching of English, history, and peace linguistics; Noriko
Ishihara, Terumi Orihashi, and Zachary Clark.
Chapter
5. Inviting childrens
views for designing digital game tasks; Yuko Goto Butler.
Chapter
6.
Learning across generations: A small-scale initiative; Stephen Ryan and Kay
Irie.
Chapter
7. Its Your Turn: EFL Teaching and Learning with Tabletop
Games; James York, Jonathan deHaan, and Peter Hourdequin.
Chapter
8. What
Does Teaching English as a Lingua Franca Mean? Insights from University ELF
Instructors Voices; Ayako Suzuki.
Chapter
9. Developing a Foreign Language
Geragogy: Teaching Innovations for Older Learners; Danya Ramķrez-Gómez.-
Chapter
10. Self-Access Learning and Advising: Promoting Language Learner
Autonomy Beyond the Classroom; Jo Mynard.
Chapter
11. An Insiders View:
Launching a University Program; Kay Irie.
Chapter
12. Innovating with the
The Collaborative Social in Japan; Tim Murphey.
Chapter
13. An Innovative
Approach to In-service Teacher Training for Teaching English at Japanese
Public Elementary Schools; Maiko Ikeda, Hiroyuki Imai, and Osamu Takeuchi.-
Chapter
14. Innovation in Japan: Looking to the Future; Stephen Ryan, Sachiko
Nakamura, and Hayo Reinders.
Hayo Reinders is TESOL Professor and Director of the doctoral programme at Anaheim University, USA and Senior Research Advisor to Kanda University in Tokyo, Japan. He is founder of the global Institute for Teacher Leadership. Stephen Ryan is a professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He has been involved in English language education for over 25 years, mostly based in Japan. Sachiko Nakamura is a doctoral candidate in Applied Linguistics at King Mongkuts University, Thailand. Her research areas include the psychology of language learning and self-regulated learning, and her current research focuses on emotions of language learners and emotion regulation strategy instruction.
