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Shinohara, Yasuaki; Han, Chao; Hestvik, Arild – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study examined how discriminability and prototypicality of nonnative phones modulate the amplitude of the Mismatch Negativity (MMN) event-related brain potential. We hypothesized that if a frequently occurring (standard) stimulus is not prototypical to a listener, a weaker predictive memory trace will be formed and a smaller MMN will be…
Descriptors: Japanese, Vowels, Auditory Discrimination, Second Language Learning
Wang, Shuyan; Kido, Yasuhito; Snyder, William – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2022
Two distinctive types of complex predicates found in English are separable verb-particle combinations ("particles") and adjectival resultatives ("ARs"). Snyder ties both to the positive setting of the Compounding Parameter ("TCP"). This predicts that during the acquisition of a [+TCP] language, any child who has…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Form Classes (Languages), English, Verbs
Futagami, Tsuneji – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2021
The reasons why foreign graduate students studied or study at Japanese research-intensive universities were investigated, based on a questionnaire survey and interviews. According to the questionnaire survey, the main three reasons were that the research or education level of Japanese universities was high, that they liked Japan, and that they got…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Mobility, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries
Nakano, Teiko – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2023
For elementary learners of Japanese, one of the main difficulties in reading is to distinguish words written in kana. This paper reports on a survey of elementary level learners with two different levels of proficiency to investigate the effectiveness of Japanese graded readers with parts of speech color-coded to distinguish nouns, verbs,…
Descriptors: Grammar, Incidental Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Bosio, Emiliano – Prospects, 2023
This article examines how Japanese university educators understand the role of Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in higher education. Data were collected by means of questionnaires and responsive interviews with 22 educators, then analyzed with the use of grounded theory and the constant comparative method. Four notions of GCE emerged from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Global Approach, Citizenship Education
Noda, Ayaka – Higher Education Evaluation and Development, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to examine the rationales for and obstacles to developing a national qualifications framework (NQF) in Japan. From a research perspective, it attempts to propose a model of a qualifications framework in the national context to provoke further political discussion in developing the Japanese Qualifications Framework (JQF).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Models, Mobility
Toh, Glenn – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2020
The Japanese community in Singapore comprises mainly white-collar workers and their families. This article addresses issues concerning education, overseas living, and identity-related investments made visible by way of examining schooling and parenting practices. Framed within a critique which recognizes schooling and identity investment as being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asians, Ethnic Groups, Study Abroad
Huang, Futao; Chen, Lilan – ECNU Review of Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the key aspects of the demographic characteristics and motivations of Chinese faculty at Japanese universities. Design/Approach/Methods: Main methods include an analysis of relevant data from a national survey of full-time international faculty in Japan in 2017 and results from semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Characteristics, Foreign Workers
Turner, Marianne – Language Teaching Research, 2021
Recently, the incorporation of students' home languages into monolingual classrooms has been reinvigorated by a scholarly focus on extended linguistic repertoire. In bilingual programs, ideas of language separation have traditionally influenced teaching and learning as a way to protect the minority language, but there is a growing call to engage…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Japanese
Greve, Anne; Okamoto-Omi, Yoriko – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2023
In this article, we explore the concept of "mimamori" and its impact on early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Norway and Japan. "Mimamori" is a teaching method whereby teachers refrain from giving children direct instructions, which is in line with the Froebelian approach to pedagogy. It is interesting to investigate how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Context Effect, Teacher Student Relationship
Tahara, Nobuko – English Language Teaching, 2022
The present study attempts to identify difficulties that Japanese students encounter with metadiscursive nouns in writing second language (L2) argumentation essays. Metadiscursive nouns are abstract and unspecific nouns which can serve as cohesive markers by retrieving their meanings in the text where they occur. Using a selected number of nouns…
Descriptors: Nouns, Persuasive Discourse, Phrase Structure, Essays
Andrzej Cirocki; Akihiro Ito; Bill Soden; Nathalie Noret – TESL-EJ, 2024
This article presents the findings of a mixed-methods study measuring the efficacy beliefs of Japanese English-as-a-foreign-language teachers regarding student engagement, instructional strategies, classroom management, and lesson planning. The study sought to identify relationships between levels of self-reported efficacy among these teachers and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
Takemoto, Madoka – Early Childhood Folio, 2021
Early childhood education (ECE) settings in Aotearoa New Zealand are becoming increasingly ethnically superdiverse. This article draws on a research project that examined the cultural challenges that Japanese children sometimes encounter in New Zealand ECE contexts which was undertaken for my Doctor of Education. Data were analysed using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Experience, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children
Someki, Fumio; Ohnishi, Masafumi; Vejdemo-Johansson, Mikael; Nakamura, Kazuhiko – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2020
To examine reliability, validity, factor structure, and measurement invariance (i.e., configural, metric, and scalar invariance) of the Japanese Conners' Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Rating Scales (CAARS), Japanese nonclinical adults (N = 786) completed the CAARS Self-Report (CAARS-S). Each participant was also rated by…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries, Test Reliability
Ito, Rika; Bisila, Megan – Language Awareness, 2020
This paper investigates foreigners' linguistic and visual representations observed in 17 recent Japanese animated shows (or "anime"), and explores ways to increase students' critical awareness of issues regarding Japanese language and culture. We find that foreign characters in "anime" tend to be linguistically represented with…
Descriptors: Animation, Metalinguistics, Teaching Methods, Japanese