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

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Additional text

"In summary, Kobayashi has made an important contribution to our understanding of English language education in Japan. In particular, she has illuminated the impact of gendered discourse on motivation, engagement and the perceived relevance of English among Japanese learners. Furthermore, this volume points towards key changes and opportunities for language education in Japan offered by the growing importance and aspirations of ASEAN nations and the wider Asia region in general. Ultimately, Kobayashi has drawn attention to the underlying ideological factors which continue to hold back language learners in Japan, making this volume vital reading as the nation approaches a future where it must renegotiate its place in Asia and the world." - Levi Durbidge, New Voices in Japanese Studies

Product details

• Authors: Yoko Kobayashi, Yoko (Iwate University Kobayashi, Kobayashi Yoko
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780367375850
• ISBN: 978-0-367-37585-0
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Routledge Research in Language Education
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation; 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