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Download full textCleminson, Tim; Cowie, Neil – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2021
Design thinking (DT) could provide a viable method to develop 21st-century skills in English as Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms; however, its potential is not clearly understood. To explore this potential, two Japanese university teachers developed a DT course in which students built a creativity measure and wrote academic reflections. Student…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Wotring, Anthony; Chen, Honglin; Fraser, Mark – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2021
Effective syllabus document design hinges on an alignment between learning objectives, teaching principles and curricular policy. Much of the work on syllabus design in the English Language Teaching (ELT) context focuses on the implementation of language teaching principles, such as those from the Communication Language Teaching (CLT) approach.…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Direct linkMoser, Jason; Harris, Justin; Carle, John – ELT Journal, 2012
This article reports on a teacher-talk training course for Japanese primary school teachers, who are preparing to teach "communicative English" for the first time. The article argues that teacher-talk training is important for communicative classes with young students because most of the input and interaction is by default teacher…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Stevens, Bette L.; Klopp, Susan – 1982
The 1981 summer intensive American culture course at Ohio Dominican College for students from its Japanese sister college is described. Short profiles of the two colleges are given and the general goals of the exchange program and the course are stated. Overviews including reading lists and notes about field trips, are given of the three specific…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Cultural Education, Cultural Exchange
Okami, Kazuhiko – 2001
In Japan, objectives and content of high school language courses are stipulated in the National Curriculum of Japan or The Course of Study. The last major overhaul of this curriculum in language learning occurred in 1989, and it aimed at the enhancement of communicative competence and understanding of international relations. Accordingly, now…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Sawyer, Doug – 1998
A two-semester course in English composition offered in a Japanese university is described. The course is designed to transition students from minimal skills in communicative writing at program entry to a course in field-specific technical writing by exposing students to several writing genres. Key activities of the course include pre- and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, English for Academic Purposes
