2018 Thesis
Teacher cognition and academic vocabulary: to what extent do teachers’ beliefs match their practices?
Over the last 30 years, a growing number of studies have concentrated on the correlation between second language teachers’ beliefs and their pedagogical practices.
An exploration of intercultural competence among Japanese: towards a more balanced understanding of emic and etic perspectives
In an increasingly globalised world, the development of intercultural competence (IC) among Japanese English as a foreign language (EFL) students has gained great importance. However, an adherence to native speaker norms, essentialist views of culture, and an inability of the English education system in Japan to promote the use of English as a tool for intercultural communication pose major challenges to the development of IC in Japan.
