Discussion (including results of a small pilot survey) regarding student, teacher, and administration perceptions of the need for change in content or orientation of English language teaching at the secondary and tertiary level in Japan. The focus is on whether or not there should be any special emphasis owing to the approaching Tokyo Olympic Games.
This paper reported findings from several studies related to the connections made by EFL readers between information in various modes. Discussion then focused narrowly on the need to re-assess the role of skills and strategies training in the light of findings that suggest beneficial interaction with vocabulary development exercises.
A consideration of various tools designed to aid learning and teaching, particularly of languages, from the point of view of how likely they are to increase learning by themselves.<br />
The role of the teacher and the changing nature of this role is discussed.
A comparison of how various aspects of the (mainly Christian-inspired) Creation myth are illustrated in these two famous works of fantasy and science fiction.
BELP 2001 Poster presentation at the annual conference of English Language postgraduate students and faculty at the University of Birmingham, Sep, 2001
Tamotsu Itakura, Toshiko Inoue, Isuzu Suzuki, Yoshimichi Suematsu, Mari Sasaki, Hiroe Yamaguchi, Akashi Yamamoto, Keisuke Sunaga, Ken Hisatomi, Nobuya Araki, Richard A. Paulson, Anne C. Ihata (Role: Joint author)
(Abstract only of the paper presented at the conference, and later published in full elsewhere)
A report of findings from studies related to connections made by EFL readers between information presented in different modes. The main point being made was the need to think again about the importance of skills and strategies training in the light of findings that suggestthey interact beneficially with vocabulary development work.