An Application of Cooperative Learning to Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Japan.

Autor/in	McGuire, Steven Paul
Titel	An Application of Cooperative Learning to Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Japan.
Quelle	(1992), (96 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Communicative Competence (Languages); Cooperative Learning; Cultural Influences; Curriculum Research; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Language Research; Language Teachers; Needs Assessment; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Student Needs; Teacher Role; Teaching Methods; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Kooperatives Lernen; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Curriculum; Research; Curriculumreform; Lehrplan; Forschung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Sprachforschung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Bedarfsermittlung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Lehrerrolle; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	The thesis discusses some difficulties involved in teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Japanese universities and proposes cooperative learning techniques as a partial solution to these problems. This recommendation is supported by a selective review of the literature on group work in second language teaching and research on the negotiation of meaning in second language acquisition. Results of a study conducted in a Japanese university show that cooperative learning groups outperformed individual learners on many measures and performed equally well on others. The thesis concludes with specific recommendations for the use of cooperative learning techniques in EFL classrooms in Japan. (Author/KM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC