Technology-Supported Learning In and Out of the Japanese Language Classroom

Technology-Supported Learning In and Out of the Japanese Language Classroom
Author: Erica Zimmerman
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2019-05-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1788923510

This book addresses several pressing concerns of teachers and researchers who are looking for ways to integrate technology use in and out of their classrooms and assess its usefulness in the learning process. It provides an up-to-date examination of technology-supported pedagogy and language acquisition in a variety of Japanese as a foreign or second language contexts. It equips readers with practical pedagogical information, including methods of implementation and learning assessment, and ideas for how technology can be applied to achieve a wide range of learning objectives. The topics examined include cultural learning, identity construction, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, collaborative online learning, digital and 3D virtual reality games, online text analysis, and participation in online communities. In addition, different e-learning configurations such as flipped, online, and distance learning classrooms are explored. Studies examine various current technologies (e.g. blogs, synchronous/asynchronous telecollaboration, corpus analysis software, modern pronunciation tools) and will have both direct and indirect consequences for teaching and learning a second/foreign language with technology across all languages.

A Transdisciplinary Approach to Chinese and Japanese Language Teaching

A Transdisciplinary Approach to Chinese and Japanese Language Teaching
Author: Nobuko Chikamatsu
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2023-03-31
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1000851044

A Transdisciplinary Approach to Chinese and Japanese Language Teaching illustrates how the transdisciplinary approach to second language acquisition (SLA) centers around collaboration to provide a learning-conducive environment with rich semiotic resources for second/foreign language learners. The volume consists of 14 chapters from leading experts in SLA and Chinese and Japanese language educators from Canada, China, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. As a first work of its kind, the contributions feature both theoretical interpretations of transdisciplinary concepts that can apply to Chinese/Japanese as a second language learning and case studies showcasing how college-level Chinese and Japanese language educators design and implement pedagogical projects in collaboration with partners across languages, disciplines, communities, and borders by adopting a transdisciplinary perspective to analyze students’ learning outcomes. This book will benefit researchers, administrators, educators, and teacher educators in higher education with an interest in world language education and interdisciplinary and project-based teaching.

Technology-Supported Learning In and Out of the Japanese Language Classroom

Technology-Supported Learning In and Out of the Japanese Language Classroom
Author: Erica Zimmerman
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2019-05-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1788923529

This book addresses several pressing concerns of teachers and researchers who are looking for ways to integrate technology use in and out of their classrooms and assess its usefulness in the learning process. It provides an up-to-date examination of technology-supported pedagogy and language acquisition in a variety of Japanese as a foreign or second language contexts. It equips readers with practical pedagogical information, including methods of implementation and learning assessment, and ideas for how technology can be applied to achieve a wide range of learning objectives. The topics examined include cultural learning, identity construction, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, collaborative online learning, digital and 3D virtual reality games, online text analysis, and participation in online communities. In addition, different e-learning configurations such as flipped, online, and distance learning classrooms are explored. Studies examine various current technologies (e.g. blogs, synchronous/asynchronous telecollaboration, corpus analysis software, modern pronunciation tools) and will have both direct and indirect consequences for teaching and learning a second/foreign language with technology across all languages.

Japanese Language Teaching

Japanese Language Teaching
Author: Alessandro G. Benati
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2009-03-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0826498817

A combination of theory and practice, accompanied by an empirical case study, makes this an ideal introductory textbook to the practical aspects of the acquisition of Japanese as a second language.

The Routledge Handbook of Asian Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Asian Linguistics
Author: Chris Shei
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 894
Release: 2022-07-28
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1000574504

The Routledge Handbook of Asian Linguistics provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which Asian languages should be conceptualized as a whole, the distinct characteristics of each language group, and the relationships and results of interactions between the languages and language families in Asia. Asia is the largest and the most populous continent on Earth, and the site of many of the first civilizations. This Handbook aims to provide a systematic overview of Asian languages in both theoretical and functional perspectives, optimally combining the two in intercultural settings. In other words, the text will provide a reference for researchers of individual Asian languages or language groups against the background of the entire range of Asian languages. Not only does the Handbook act as a reference to a particular language, it also connects each language to other Asian languages in the perspective of the entire Asian continent. Cultural roles and communicative functions of language are also emphasized as an important domain where the various Asian languages interact and shape each other. With extensive coverage of both theoretical and applied linguistic topics, The Routledge Handbook of Asian Linguistics is an indispensable resource for students and researchers working in this area.

Social Networking Approach to Japanese Language Teaching

Social Networking Approach to Japanese Language Teaching
Author: Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2021-02-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000363422

Social Networking Approach to Japanese Language Teaching is a timely guide for Japanese language teachers and anyone interested in language pedagogy. The book outlines an innovative approach to language instruction which goes beyond the communicative approach and encourages a global view of language education and curriculum development through the use of social networking. It showcases diverse examples of how social networking can be harnessed and incorporated into everyday language classes to increase learners’ curiosity and engagement in real cultural and global interactions. While the focus is on Japanese language teaching, the concepts explored can be applied to other languages and teaching contexts. This book will benefit teachers of any language as well as linguists interested in language pedagogy.

Japanese Language Teaching in the Nineties

Japanese Language Teaching in the Nineties
Author: Stefan Kaiser
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2014-07-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134239211

The world-wide growth in demand for Japanese throughout the world has led to rapid developments in Japanese language teaching. This volume examines these developments and their implications for the future in a series of case studies.

Teaching Postwar Japanese Fiction

Teaching Postwar Japanese Fiction
Author: Alex Bates
Publisher: Modern Language Association
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2023-01-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 160329595X

As Japan moved from the devastation of 1945 to the economic security that survived even the boom and bust of the 1980s and 1990s, its literature came to embrace new subjects and styles and to reflect on the nation's changing relationship to other Asian countries and to the West. This volume will help instructors introduce students to novels, short stories, and manga that confront postwar Japanese experiences, including the suffering caused by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the echoes of Japan's colonialism and imperialism, new ways of thinking about Japanese identity and about minorities such as the zainichi Koreans, changes in family structures, and environmental disasters. Essays provide context for understanding the particularity of postwar Japanese literature, its place in world literature, and its connections to the Japanese past.

Theory, Research and Pedagogy in Learning and Teaching Japanese Grammar

Theory, Research and Pedagogy in Learning and Teaching Japanese Grammar
Author: Alessandro G. Benati
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2016-10-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137498927

This edited book focuses on the role of different types of pedagogical solutions in the acquisition of the Japanese grammatical system by reviewing, assessing and measuring current theory and research. Findings from this research have implications for the way Japanese grammar is learned and taught in a classroom context. The editors and contributors address a number of questions around the role of Japanese grammar learning and teaching such as: what is the role of instruction in Japanese second language acquisition? What are the main findings of empirical research into the acquisition of Japanese grammar? Is any one particular pedagogical intervention or solution to the teaching of Japanese grammar more effective than another? What pedagogical options do we have for the teaching of Japanese grammar? This book offers a unique insight into its practical implications for Japanese language learning and teaching for applied linguists, researchers, language teaching professionals and curriculum developers alike.