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Communities of Practice, Beliefs, and Identity: Self-Reflection for Teacher Growth
Get PDFIn this paper, the author presents an analysis of their own teaching history, supplied in the appendix, and how and why they have evolved to become the teacher they are today. The teacher’s history is examined through three frameworks: communities of practice, beliefs, and identity. Each framework is defined in relation to the profession of teaching and used to examine the teacher’s practice at different points in their career, and thus revealing their influence and impact on the evolution of the teacher.長崎大学言語教育研究センター論集, 13, pp51-60; 2025journal articl
Coursebook Analysis for a University Level English Communication Course for Foreign Language Learners of English
Get PDFIn this paper, the author presents an analysis of a Teaching English as a Foreign Language textbook, Welcome to Kyushu, Japan based on criteria set by John Macalister and I.S.P. Nation in Language Curriculum Design (2020). Specifically, the coursebook was analyzed in regards to its suitability for the author’s learning environment, English communication classes for Japanese non-English majors in their first year of university. Included in this analysis are the needs of the author’s students, how the textbook aligns or doesn’t align with core principles of language learning, the goals of the students, content and sequencing, format and presentation, and monitoring and assessment. A detailed analyis of these features revealed that while the coursebook is both suitable and beneficial for teaching an English communication course for Japanese non-English majors in their first year of university, there may be a need for some additions and supplemental material.長崎大学言語教育研究センター論集, 13, pp29-40; 2025departmental bulletin pape
Study Abroad: Objectives and Potential
Get PDFThis paper provides a brief summary of student expectations, experiences, and evaluations of a 3 week study abroad program. Findings reveal that all students were more than satisfied with the program. The paper then goes on to discuss the role of the study abroad experience in the context of a higher education, and some methods which have the potential to bring an academic focus to the whole
experience, not just the language classroom
The Syllabus: An Opportunity for Reflection
Get PDFThis paper sets out to define the place of the syllabus within the curriculum. It begins by defining what a syllabus is and the purpose it
serves. This is followed by an overview of some factors that need to be considered when creating a syllabus. Finally, various syllables designs are reviewed and analyzed in terms of their strengths and weaknesses
Gender Representation and EFL Textbooks: A Case Study
Get PDFSociolinguistics is defined as the study of language in the social context. Socio-linguists are interested in both stylistic variation, how in different contexts different individuals speak in different ways, and social variation, how speakers who differ from each other in categories such as age and social class differ from one another in their speech. One topic that has been examined in the last 30 years is the linguistic differences between men and women. This paper is concerned with these differences and how they are represented in current EFL textbooks. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate how one current EFL conversation textbook represents gender through linguistic features found in both male and female speech and visual representation of each gender in the text. The text was analyzed for Robin Lakof's (1975) 10 features of female linguistic representation as well as amount of talk, conversational topics, and interruptions. Vocabulary, grammar, discourse, and vocal patterns were all evaluated, as well as firstness, occupation, omission, and visual representation and treatment of males and females. A qualitative analysis based on the preceding criteria found both genders to be linguistically and visually represented in an equal, fair, and positive way
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