Innovating EFL teaching in Asia

This collection offers a distinctly Asian voice for English language education and addresses some of the unique needs of Asian learners in EFL contexts. Teachers and researchers from nine Asian countries present some of the most current and innovative research in five distinct and fascinating areas of EFL teaching and learning. THERON MULLER Teacher trainer, EFL teacher and co-owner of the Noah Language Center, Nagano, Japan. . STEVEN HERDER has been teaching EFL in Japan since1989 and is Associate Professor of the Department of International Studies, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Japan. JOHN ADAMSON Associate Professor, Department of International Studies and Regional Development at the University of Niigata Prefacture, Japan. He is senior associate editor for' Asian EFL Journal' and 'The Linguistics Journal. . 'PHILIP SHIGEO BROWN Special Lecturer at Konan Women's University, Japan, a University of Birmingham, UK, distance MA TEFL/SL tutor, and has taught in Japan for 10 years in various contexts. INDICE: List of Tables and Figures - Foreword - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - List of Abbreviations - Introduction; 'T.Muller - 'PART I: DEFINING THE ASIAN EFL CONTEXT; 'T.Muller' & 'P.S.Brown - 'Teaching the New English Curriculum: An Ethnographic Study in a Chinese High School; 'X.Fang - 'Global Cultures and Identities: Refocusing the Aims of ELT in Asia Through Intercultural Awareness; 'W.Baker - 'Training the Pesantren: Intercultural Materials for Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia; 'G.Palmer' & 'I.Chodidjah - 'Language Learning Styles and Beliefs of EFL University Students In Korea: Are They Really Stereotypical?; 'A.Finch - 'PART II: EMPOWERING ASIAN VOICES; 'J.Adamson - 'Learner Autonomy in Asia: How Asian Teachers and Students See Themselves; 'F.Murase - 'How Thai National Culture Can Be Used to Explain Students' Behavior; 'C.Raktham - 'Co-Constructing Teacher Beliefs Towards Qualifications:Insights From Interviews in the Japanese Context; 'J.Adamson - ''Reconceptualizing' Self as a Teacher in a Malaysian Context; 'R.Erlam' & 'S.Gray - 'PART III: INNOVATING TEACHING METHODOLOGY IN ASIA; 'T.Muller - 'Promoting Strategy Teaching as an Innovative Practice in the Asian EFL Oral Classroom; 'W.Y.K.Lam - 'Innovating a Vocabulary Learning Strategies Program; 'P.S.Brown - 'Classroom Discourse Analysis of Student Use of Language Scaffolding During Tasks; 'T.Muller' & 'M.De Boer - 'Innovating EFL Teaching of Reading: An Activity Theory Perspective on Chinese Teachers' Readiness to Adapt to Educational Reform; 'H.Yang' & 'E.Bernat - 'PART IV: TEACHING YOUNG LEARNERS IN ASIA; 'B.Hoskins Sakamoto - 'Exploring Teachers' Implementation of the Recent Curriculum Innovationin ELT in Turkish Primary Education; 'Y.KD1rkgöz - 'Affective Factors Contributing to Intrinsic Motivation for Learning English Among Elementary School Students in Japan; 'J.M.Carreira - 'Adapting English Picture Books to an EFL Context: A Study of Collaboration Between Elementary School Teachers and TEFL Practitioners in Rural Japan; 'J.M.Hall', 'T.Yamazaki', 'C.Takahashi' & 'T.Ishigame - 'Let's Speak English: Bridging the Linguistic Divide in Tamil Nadu; 'K.A.Anderson' & 'P.P.Narayanan - 'PART V: INNOVATING TEACHING WRITING IN ASIA; 'S.Herder - 'Extensive Writing: A Fluency-First Approach to EFL Writing; 'S.Herder' & 'P.Clements - 'Who Takes The Floor? Peer Feedback or Teacher Feedback: An Investigation of Chinese University English Learners' Use and Understanding ofPeer and Teacher Feedback On Writing; 'H.Zhao - 'Assessing EFL Writing: Meaningful Innovations Through SFL; 'T.Hisaoka - 'Epilogue: Description and Evaluation of the Process of Creating this Book; 'T.Muller' & 'J.Adamson - 'Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-30151-1
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 16/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés