Overview
- Examines all aspects of innovation in language education in Japan
- Highlights the wider implications of the initiation and implementation of innovation for educators in different countries
- Brings together widely respected and well-known professors from top institutions in Japan and beyond
Part of the book series: New Language Learning and Teaching Environments (NLLTE)
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This book examines a wide range of innovations in language learning and teaching in Japan. Each of the chapters describes the impetus for a change or new development in a particular context, from early childhood to adult learning, details its implementation and provides an evaluation of its success. In doing so, they provide a comprehensive overview of best practice in innovating language education from teaching practice in formal classroom settings, to self-directed learning beyond the classroom, and offer recommendations to enhance language education in Japan and beyond. The book will be of interest to scholars of applied linguistics and language development, and in particular to those involved in managing change in language education that attempts to mediate between global trends and local needs.
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Keywords
- Language teaching practice
- Educational technology
- Japan
- Language development
- Materials development
- Curriculum reform
- Programme evaulation
- English language teaching
- digital language learning
- game-based learning
- Participatory language learning
- Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
- Adult language learning
- peace linguistics
- self-access learning (SALC)
- MEXT
- in-service teacher training
- Japanese language education
- learning and instruction
Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“This timely collection showcases the many ways in which innovation happens in Japan, often spurred by global and national demographic and social transformations.” (John Bankier, JALT Journal, Vol. 43 (1), May, 2021)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Hayo Reinders is TESOL Professor and Director of the doctoral programme at Anaheim University, USA and Senior Research Advisor to Kanda University in Tokyo, Japan. He is founder of the global Institute for Teacher Leadership.
Stephen Ryan is a professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He has been involved in English language education for over 25 years, mostly based in Japan.
Sachiko Nakamura is a doctoral candidate in Applied Linguistics at King Mongkut’s University, Thailand. Her research areas include the psychology of language learning and self-regulated learning, and her current research focuses on emotions of language learners and emotion regulation strategy instruction.
Stephen Ryan is a professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He has been involved in English language education for over 25 years, mostly based in Japan.
Sachiko Nakamura is a doctoral candidate in Applied Linguistics at King Mongkut’s University, Thailand. Her research areas include the psychology of language learning and self-regulated learning, and her current research focuses on emotions of language learners and emotion regulation strategy instruction.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning
Book Subtitle: The Case of Japan
Editors: Hayo Reinders, Stephen Ryan, Sachiko Nakamura
Series Title: New Language Learning and Teaching Environments
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12567-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12566-0Published: 11 April 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12569-1Published: 28 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12567-7Published: 30 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2946-2932
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2940
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 295
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Applied Linguistics, Language Education, Educational Technology, Language Policy and Planning, Learning & Instruction