Guide for Teaching English at Japanese Universities

This Handbook providers a refreshed and updated reference work for the next generation of teachers of English at Japanese universities. In four parts it covers I) The Setting, II) The Courses, III) The Classroom, and IV) The Workplace. Addressing the more sophisticated university language teachers now coming to work in Japan, 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 English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI) and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) courses. The scholarship integrates into the contents come of the diverse movements and knowledge areas that have more fully emerged in recent years such as World Englishes, global issues, content teaching (e.g., CLIL and EMI), gender, and positive psychology. This book will be an invaluable asset to anyone teaching, or hoping to teach, English in Japan.

Paul Wadden, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in the English for Liberal Arts Program of International Christian University, Tokyo. The editor of the original A Handbook for Teaching English at Japanese Colleges and Universities (Oxford, 1993), he is the author of articles on language teaching and academic writing appearing in TESOL Quarterly, ELT Journal, RELC Journal, College Literature, Composition Studies and many other journals; articles on culture, politics, and education in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Japan Times; and more than 50 textbooks. He has taught in Japanese universities for the past 30 years.

Chris Carl Hale, EdD is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Global Communication and Language at Akita International University, Japan and formerly the Academic Director of the Tokyo Center of the New York University (NYU) School of Professional Studies (SPS). He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses related to language acquisition and teacher training in the United States and in Japan for over 20 years at universities such as City University of New York (CUNY), Queens College, Teachers College Columbia University, and International Christian University, Tokyo. His articles have appeared in Language Testing in Asia, TESOL International, and Teachers College Columbia University Journal of TESOL and Applied Linguistics. He is also an avid DJ and techno music producer.

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