Add to ORKGCulture and language seem to be inextricably entwined. In the literature, Japan is seen to be a particu-larly extreme example of this. Therefore, when a native Japanese speaker learns English as a second language, one would expect to see some influence on the type of language chosen in a given situation or the structure of conversations in the classroom. Upon investigation, responses from18 subjects (m: 7; f: 15; age: 25-75) indicate that those effects can be influenced by various factors such as age, ex-pectations and previous experience abroad. Key words: culture, Japan, EFL, classroo
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provided qualitative data. There was no statistically significant difference between the two teachin...
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This paper focuses on the English acquisition in Japan. Due to globalization, English has become int...
In this thesis, the author examines several cultural and social factors that assist and hinder Japan...
Language is the repository of culture. When we teach a foreign language in the classroom, we are als...
This paper explores whether English language teaching and learning is natural, neutral and beneficia...
The Japanese language and the way it is used does not exist in isolation from Japanese culture. The ...
This paper reexamines a long lasting controversy over teachers' first language (L1) use in foreign l...
This study explored how EFL teachers in Japan with various backgrounds perceive their roles in rel...
Abstract - This empirical study was conducted in a state university in Japan. Data were collected du...
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