English Language Education in Japan Negotiating Global Transformation and Local Innovation

English Language Education in Japan in an Era of Transformation and Uncertainty

Gregory Paul Glasgow and Tiina Matikainen

PART I

Multilingualism in English Education

1     Translanguaging in Japanese EFL Education: Transformational Potentials

Blake Turnbull

2      What are we Missing? Turning a Bi/Plurilingual Lens to EFL in Japan

Mayo Oyama and Daniel Roy Pearce

3     World Englishes in a Japanese Prefectural University: Promoting Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom

Patrick Chin Leong Ng 

PART II

Technology and Digital Innovation

4     Innovative Policies for Integrating Digital Technology in English Education in Japanese Primary Schools

Yuko Goto Butler

5     Asynchronous Video-Based Virtual Exchanges Between Taiwanese and Japanese Elementary School EFL Learners

Mark Christianson  

6     Bringing Global Englishes to the Classroom: Taking Students Beyond the Textbook Using Online Listening Practice Materials

Tomoyuki Kawashima

PART III

Representation in Ministry-Approved Textbooks

7     Diversity and Social Justice in English Language Education: An Analysis of Japanese Junior High School English Language Textbooks

Mieko Yamada

8     Evaluating Representations of Gender and Sexual Diversity in Elementary School English Textbooks in Japan

Yuzuko Nagashima and Luke Lawrence

PART IV

Intercultural Exchange Within and Beyond the EFL Classroom

9     Filipino Assistant Language Teachers Only: Innovation and Consequent Diversity Issues in Japan’s Public Elementary Schools

Yoko Kobayashi

10     Exploring the Impact of Linguacultural Diversity on Domestic and International Students’ Positional Identities in an English-Taught Program

Miki Shibata and Ryuichi Sato

11     Japanese Students Learning English as a Lingua Franca through Study Abroad in Global Contexts

Risa Ikeda

Beyond Pedagogy: Agency, Structure, and the Limits of Change in Japanese EFL Education

Jérémie Bouchard

Biography

Gregory Paul Glasgow is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Kanda University of International Studies, Japan.

Tiina Matikainen is Professor of English Language Education in the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Tamagawa University, Japan.