Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in Japan Studies from an English-medium University /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ruegg, Rachael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Williams, Clay (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: English Language Education, 14
• Θέματα: Language and education.; Learning.; Instruction.; Higher education.; Language Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Higher Education.

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 ma...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. What we should know before teaching EAP in Japan:  Influences of high school learning experiences on learning attitudes of English language
• 3. Putting on 'a mantle of imagination':  Drama pedagogy for motivating spontaneous speaking in Japanese university students
• 4. Integrated discussion:  Cultivating cross-cultural engagement
• 5. Word recognition and semantic processing by Japanese English learners
• 6. Online and paper-based extensive reading: Perceptions of EAP students
• 7. Meaning making through microblogging in language education
• 8. Increasing autonomy in learners of EAP writing:  An exploratory study
• 9. Argumentative writing among EAP students
• 10. Action research on teaching APA to non-native English freshmen
• 11. Peer feedback across borders
• 12. Developing EAP materials: Transforming learning through in-house textbooks
• 13. Conclusion.