Teaching English at Japanese Universities: A New Handbook

ISBN-13: 9781138550391 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 226 str.

Paul Wadden; Chris Carl Hale

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This Handbook providers a refreshed and updated reference work for the next generation of teachers of English at Japanese universities. This guide expands the readership beyond the English language teachers to encompass the growing number of content-specific educators coming to, and already in, Japan who teach the EMI and CLIL courses.

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Part I: The Setting  1. The Landscape of Japanese Higher Education: An Introduction (Chris Carl Hale and Paul Wadden) 2. Making a Career of University Teaching in Japan: Getting (and Keeping) a Full-Time Job (Jenifer Larson-Hall and Jeffrey Stewart) 3. The Ronin Teacher: Making a Living as a Full-Time Part-Timer at Japanese Universities (Chrystabel Butler) 4. The Chrysanthemum Maze: Understanding Your Colleagues in the Japanese University (Curtis Kelly and Nobuhiro Adachi)  Part II: The Courses  5. Tearing Down the Wall of Silence: Constructing the English Conversation Class at a Japanese University (John Wiltshier and Marc Helgesen) 6. The Blind Spots of Reading: Switching on Lights in the Japanese University Classroom (Gordon Myskow, Paul R. Underwood, and Rob Waring) 7. Mandatory ‘Sentencing’: Breaking Loose in the Japanese University Writing Classroom (Gordon Myskow) 8. Real World Listening in the Japanese University Classroom (Chris Carl Hale) 9. Teaching and Learning Vocabulary in the Japanese University (Paul Wadden, Charles Browne, and Paul Nation) 10. Teaching Presentation in the Japanese University (Curtis Kelly) 11. Teaching Subject-Content through English: CLIL and EMI Courses in the Japanese University (Howard Brown and Annette Bradford) 12. Using Technology in the Japanese University Classroom (and Beyond) (Dan Ferreira and Joachim Castellano) 13. Homework in the Japanese University Classroom: Getting Students to Do It (and then Evaluating their Performance) (Thomas N. Robb)  Part III: The Classroom  14. Nails that (Still) Don't Stick Up: Revisiting the Enigma of the Japanese College Classroom (Fred E. Anderson) 15. Creating Engagement and Motivation in the Japanese University Language Classroom (Bill Snyder) 16. The Japanese Student and the University English Teacher (Donna T. Fujimoto) 17. English Language Policy in Japan and the Ministry of Education: Emphasis, Trends, and Changes that Affect Higher Education (Paul R. Underwood and Gregory Paul Glasgow)  Part IV: The Workplace  18. "He said, She said": Female and Male Dynamics in Japanese Universities (Diane Hawley Nagatomo and Melodie Cook) 19. The Japanese University Teacher of English (Asako Takaesu and Mikiko Sudo) 20. Beyond the Native Speaker Fallacy: Internationalizing English Language Teaching at Japanese Universities (Tiina Matikainen) 21. Walk a Mile in The Shoes of the Non-Japanese Administrator (Stephen M. Ryan and Peter McCagg) 22. Conflicts, Contracts, Rights, and Solidarity: The Japanese University Workplace from a Labor Perspective (Gerome Rothman) 23. Navigating the Chrysanthemum Maze: Off-hand Advice on How to Tiptoe through the Minefield of the Japanese University (Curtis Kelly and Charles Browne)