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Contemporary roles of foreign English teachers in Japanese public secondary schools: An exploratory study
This study discusses the roles of Native English Speaking Teachers (NESTs) in contemporary Japanese society through existing literature, and the results from questionnaires. Ever since the largest wave of NESTs started to work in Japanese public secondary schools in 1987 their roles have never been satisfactorily specified. NESTs are officially employed to offer students opportunity to improve their communicative ability. However, their roles are shaped by complex professional and societal factors.
Volume 17 Issue 2 : June 2015 Quarterly Journal
Volume 17, Issue 2 : June 2015 Quarterly Journal Download Full PDF Main Articles Foreword by Wen-Chi Vivian Wu Sayyah Al-Ahmad & Rasheed S. Al-Jarrah. The Impact of Direct Corrective Feedback Type on the Linguistic Accuracy of EFL Students’ Writing Pino Cutrone. Examining Potential Sources of Miscommunication between Japan and the West: Using Grice to Bridge the Sociolinguistic Gap for Japanese […]
Caught in the crossfire: Working in South Korea as an English Teacher
Despite having the highest rates of suicide in the OECD and huge disparities in income, the recent recognition of South Korea as an advanced industrial country has been widely heralded as cementing proof of the success of globalization policies in the wake of Korea’s division and destruction during the Korean War. Rising with South Korea’s economic success has been a strong push to make English a major part of South Korea’s educational curriculum. Exams testing for English proficiency are now required in order to apply for work or study at South Korean governmental agencies, companies, universities, and selective secondary schools.
Volume 84 – May 2015 – Teaching Article
1. Mojgan Roustaei. Reading anxiety and its relation to reading proficiency, reading strategy, and gender: The case of Iranian EFL learners
2. Priyanka Shailat, Varun Uthappa, and Brajesh Priyadarshi. Are vowels important to second language readers of English?
3. Matthew Robert Ferguson. Learn by yourself together: Getting Thai students in the door for self-access language learning
4. Listyani M. Hum. Reading to learn: Integrated reading and writing to teach academic writing course
Volume 83 – April 2015 – Teaching Article
1. Dedi Turmudi. The Influencing Factors Addressed in EFL Essay Writing Class in Indonesia
2. Yasmin Mari U. Ambrosio. A Study on the Motivational Problems of First Grade Pupils of De La Salle Zobel School: An Assessment
3. Madhubala Bava Harji and Alireza Vafaeepour. Integrating Internet-based Materials in Reading Comprehension Courses: A Theoretical Constructivist Perspective
Problem Solving in a Foreign Language: A Study in Content and Language Integrated Learning
The aim of the book, 11 chapters based on Lena Heine’s PhD thesis, is to investigate how learners mentally deal with content-focused activities in a foreign language by using the concept of problem solving tasks for which subjects do not have any immediate solutions.
Women in TESOL 1st Annual Convention
1st Annual Convention Singapore Themes Gender, TESOL and higher education Gender, TESOL and the curriculum Education from a gender perspective Gender, education and (International) development) Education for girls Education for boys Gender and educational attainment Gender differences in education Diversity, multiculturalism and TESOL Teacher training, gender and TESOL Culture and power in education History of gender […]
14th Annual International Conference
2015 TESOL Asia / Asian EFL Journal 14th Annual International Conference Theme: “Teaching TESOL in Changing Times, Learning English in a New Age” August 21-22-23, 2015 SITE Skills Training Campus Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga, Philippines 2023 The Site Campus is built on a 30 hectare area where International Vocational Skills training takes place, as well […]
Volume 17 Issue 1 : March 2015 Quarterly Journal
2015 Volume 17, Issue 1 : March 2015 Quarterly Journal Download Full PDF Main Articles Lichung Yang. Using Picture Books with School Children in Taiwan’s EFL Classrooms Rachael Ruegg. Student Uptake of Teacher Written Feedback on Writing Asfia Khan and Rahma Al-Mahrooqi. Foreign Language Communication Anxiety (FLCA) among Tertiary Level Omani EFL Learners Kadriye Dilek Akpınar, Asuman Aşık […]
Shu-Chin Su
Dr. Su is a director of Center for the International Affairs at Aletheia University, Taiwan. Dr. Su held research editor positions at Universal Journal of Educational Research; Associate editor for the University of the Visayas-Journal of Research, and editor for Asian EFL Journal. She is a Professor at Department of English where she has taught Applied English courses since 2008.
