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Proficiency Guidelines and Language Curriculum. Making ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines Effective in Furthering Japanese Language Proficiency.
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Johnson, Yuki – Applied Language Learning, 1997
Examines the role of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) guidelines in language proficiency testing, focusing on Japanese language instruction and discussing how effective that system is in relation to university classroom instruction. Two main issues are addressed: viewing ACTFL Proficiency Tests as having the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Japanese, Language Proficiency
Teaching Japanese: Consideration of Learners' Affective Variables.
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Samimy, Keiko Komiya – Theory into Practice, 1994
Responding to foreign language learners' affective needs may help enhance learners' success in Japanese. American students face many linguistic and psychological barriers when learning Japanese. The article examines such affective variables as anxiety, risk taking, and motivation as significant contributing factors for differential success in…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Higher Education
The Benefits of Language Laboratories for Learning Japanese as a Foreign Language.
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Danaher, Mike; Danaher, Patrick – Language Learning Journal, 1998
Examines the benefits of language laboratories for learning Japanese. After reviewing related literature and selected issues on educational technology, the article presents results from a survey of Australian college students using a language laboratory. Overall, students appreciated and were positive about the language laboratory, though some had…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries