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Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning

The Case of Japan

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Editors:
  1. Hayo Reinders

    1. Department of Education, Anaheim University, Anaheim, USA
      Department of Languages, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand

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  2. Stephen Ryan

    1. School of Culture, Media and Society, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

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  3. Sachiko Nakamura

    1. Department of Languages, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand

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  • Examines all aspects of innovation in language education in Japan
  • Highlights the wider implications of the initiation and implementation of innovation for educators in different countries
  • Brings together widely respected and well-known professors from top institutions in Japan and beyond

Part of the book series: New Language Learning and Teaching Environments (NLLTE)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Scope of Innovation in Japanese Language Education

    • Hayo Reinders, Sachiko Nakamura, Stephen Ryan
    Pages 1-8

  3. English in Japan in an Era of Global Uncertainty

    • Philip Seargeant
    Pages 9-22

  4. CLIL in Comparison with PPP: A Revolution in ELT by Competency-Based Language Education

    • Makoto Ikeda
    Pages 23-45

  5. Innovation in Elementary Classrooms: Integrating the Teaching of English, History and Peace Linguistics

    • Noriko Ishihara, Terumi Orihashi, Zachary Clark
    Pages 47-69

  6. Inviting Children’s Views for Designing Digital Game Tasks

    • Yuko Goto Butler
    Pages 71-96

  7. Learning Across Generations: A Small-Scale Initiative

    • Stephen Ryan, Kay Irie
    Pages 97-116

  8. It’s Your Turn: EFL Teaching and Learning with Tabletop Games

    • James York, Jonathan deHaan, Peter Hourdequin
    Pages 117-139

  9. What Does ‘Teaching English as a Lingua Franca’ Mean? Insights from University ELF Instructors

    • Ayako Suzuki
    Pages 141-160

  10. Developing a Foreign Language Geragogy: Teaching Innovations for Older Learners

    • Danya Ramírez-Gómez
    Pages 161-184

  11. Self-Access Learning and Advising: Promoting Language Learner Autonomy Beyond the Classroom

    • Jo Mynard
    Pages 185-209

  12. An Insider’s View: Launching a University Program

    • Kay Irie
    Pages 211-232

  13. Innovating with the ‘The Collaborative Social’ in Japan

    • Tim Murphey
    Pages 233-255

  14. An Innovative Approach to In-Service Teacher Training for Teaching English at Japanese Public Elementary Schools

    • Maiko Ikeda, Hiroyuki Imai, Osamu Takeuchi
    Pages 257-282

  15. Innovation in Japan: Looking to the Future

    • Stephen Ryan, Sachiko Nakamura, Hayo Reinders
    Pages 283-289

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 291-295
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About this book

This book examines a wide range of innovations in language learning and teaching in Japan. Each of the chapters describes the impetus for a change or new development in a particular context, from early childhood to adult learning, details its implementation and provides an evaluation of its success. In doing so, they provide a comprehensive overview of best practice in innovating language education from teaching practice in formal classroom settings, to self-directed learning beyond the classroom, and offer recommendations to enhance language education in Japan and beyond. The book will be of interest to scholars of applied linguistics and language development, and in particular to those involved in managing change in language education that attempts to mediate between global trends and local needs.





Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Education, Anaheim University, Anaheim, USA

    Hayo Reinders

  • Department of Languages, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand

    Hayo Reinders, Sachiko Nakamura

  • School of Culture, Media and Society, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

    Stephen Ryan

About the editors

Hayo Reinders is TESOL Professor and Director of the doctoral programme at Anaheim University, USA and Senior Research Advisor to Kanda University in Tokyo, Japan. He is founder of the global Institute for Teacher Leadership.


Stephen Ryan is a professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He has been involved in English language education for over 25 years, mostly based in Japan.


Sachiko Nakamura is a doctoral candidate in Applied Linguistics at King Mongkut’s University, Thailand. Her research areas include the psychology of language learning and self-regulated learning, and her current research focuses on emotions of language learners and emotion regulation strategy instruction.





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