This study explored the usefulness of public speaking and debating activities for an English as a second language (ESL) classroom, and the ways Japanese students developed their oral English skills in a public speaking and debating class for advanced ESL students. Focusing on one recurrent speech event, individual oral presentation, the study examined the kinds of language and rhetorical features the Japanese ESL students acquired in the class, and processes by which they were socialized into the appropriate use of their target language to work on the public speaking activities in that particular classroom context. Taking an ethnographic research approach, the study employed a variety of data collection methods: administering a ques...
This paper looks at the teaching of the speaking skill to Japanese university level learners. Learni...
People are social being who need to interact with other people. Thus, they have developed patterned ...
Students\u27 oral communication in classroom settings where english is a second language facilitate ...
This study explored the usefulness of public speaking and debating activities for an English as a s...
Prior research has demonstrated the relationship between acquisition of language and socialization t...
This study explored the language socialization of university graduate students through their exposu...
Master of EducationStudies of nonverbal communication for some decades have shown a fundamental rela...
This paper examines a first grade beginning English as a Second Language (ESL) class in Hawaiian Ele...
The present study explores the significance of incorporating “mini-presentations” in EFL(English as ...
The purpose of this study was to design and implement a theory-based, communicative ESL curriculum a...
Abstract - This empirical study was conducted in a state university in Japan. Data were collected du...
The present study examines how native speakers of English, Japanese ESL students, and native speake...
In this thesis, the author examines several cultural and social factors that assist and hinder Japan...
The purpose of this study was to explore the role that sociocultural context plays in college stude...
This research report aims to investigate what sort of factors make Japanese learners of EFL successf...
This paper looks at the teaching of the speaking skill to Japanese university level learners. Learni...
People are social being who need to interact with other people. Thus, they have developed patterned ...
Students\u27 oral communication in classroom settings where english is a second language facilitate ...
This study explored the usefulness of public speaking and debating activities for an English as a s...
Prior research has demonstrated the relationship between acquisition of language and socialization t...
This study explored the language socialization of university graduate students through their exposu...
Master of EducationStudies of nonverbal communication for some decades have shown a fundamental rela...
This paper examines a first grade beginning English as a Second Language (ESL) class in Hawaiian Ele...
The present study explores the significance of incorporating “mini-presentations” in EFL(English as ...
The purpose of this study was to design and implement a theory-based, communicative ESL curriculum a...
Abstract - This empirical study was conducted in a state university in Japan. Data were collected du...
The present study examines how native speakers of English, Japanese ESL students, and native speake...
In this thesis, the author examines several cultural and social factors that assist and hinder Japan...
The purpose of this study was to explore the role that sociocultural context plays in college stude...
This research report aims to investigate what sort of factors make Japanese learners of EFL successf...
This paper looks at the teaching of the speaking skill to Japanese university level learners. Learni...
People are social being who need to interact with other people. Thus, they have developed patterned ...
Students\u27 oral communication in classroom settings where english is a second language facilitate ...