This book focuses on appropriate English for Academic Purposes instructional concepts and methods in the Japanese context. It investigates a variety of pedagogical techniques, addressing the fundamental academic English skills listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as assessment and materials development. All the research included was conducted in Japanese university settings, thus shedding new light on the effective implementation of EAP teaching and learning activities with Japanese learners of English. This book is of interest to anyone working in an EAP context at the secondary or tertiary level, especially those which include Japanese learners.
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Integrated Discussion: Innovation via Cross-Cultural Engagement |
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Firing the Imagination: Process Drama as Pedagogy for `Melting' EAP Speaking Anxiety and Increasing Japanese University Students' Confidence in Speaking |
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Word Recognition and Semantic Processing by Japanese English Learners |
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Xreading Versus Paper-Based Extensive Reading: Perceptions of Students |
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Increasing Autonomy in Learners of EAP Writing: An Exploratory Study |
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An Exploration of Japanese Students' Concept and Application of Critical Thinking in Academic Writing |
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Expansive Learning: Assessment Recapitulates Experience |
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Developing EAP Materials: Transforming Learning Through In-House Textbooks |
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Rachael Ruegg is a lecturer at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She graduated with a PhD in Linguistics, from Macquarie University, Australia.
Clay Williams is an associate professor in the graduate-level English Language Teaching Practices (ELT) program at Akita International University, Japan. He graduated with a PhD in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching from the University of Arizona, U.S.A. His recent books are Teaching English Reading in the Chinese-speaking World: Building Strategies across Scripts and Teaching English in East Asia: A Teachers Guide to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Learners, both published by Springer.
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