Evolution of English Language Learners in Japan - Crossing Japan, the West, and South East Asia

Informationen zum Autor Yoko Kobayashi works at Iwate University, Japan. Since the completion of her doctoral dissertation in 2000, she has published her research papers mainly in international journals, and this book aims to raise her research discussion to a new level. Zusammenfassung This book seeks a better understanding of the sociocultural and ideological factors that influence English study in Japan and study-abroad contexts such as university-bound high schools, female-dominant English classes at college, ESL schools in Canada, and private or university-affiliated ESL programs in Singapore and Malaysia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface List of illustrations 1. Japan’s English education and students’ notions about English study 2. Internationalizing Japan with the help of its Asian neighbors 3. A new alternative of studying English in English-speaking ASEAN nations 4. Japanese female students’ positive attitudes toward language study 5. Japanese (fe)male leaners’ (un)motivation in overseas ESL contexts 6. The mismatch between Japan’s strong economy and poor English education 7. Japanese business magazines’ special issues on English study methods: A window on the division between Japan’s business world and formal schooling 8. Japanese women’s magazines’ articles about English study: A window on Japanese women’s status in the business world Afterword Index

Product details

• Authors: Yoko Kobayashi, Yoko (Iwate University Kobayashi, Kobayashi Yoko
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781138631618
• ISBN: 978-1-138-63161-8
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Routledge Research in Language Education; Routledge Research in Language Education
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Japan, EDUCATION / General, Education, Cultural Studies, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, EDUCATION / Language Experience Approach, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Regional / International studies, Language teaching theory and methods, Language teaching and learning, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Bilingualism and multilingualism, Educational strategies and policy, ELT: teaching theory & methods