Kazuna Nemoto

Japan’s English-language education doesn’t pass the test An excessive focus on testing students' English ability is turning language learning into a chore, depriving children of the joy and opportunities of intercultural communication.

Commentary: Children all over Japan are enduring the pressure of entrance exams: An excessive focus on testing their English is depriving them of the joy of learning a foreign language.

Andrew B. Jones | Achievement See this researcher's achievement on ResearchGate.

Presentation: Homework With Impact: Why what you set and how you set it matters (researchED London Conference 2022) #edusku #uked #homework

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(PDF) Rethinking Evidence-Based Practice in Education: A Critical Literature Review of the 'What Works' Approach PDF | This literature review critically examines the concept of 'evidence-based practice' (EBP) in education, particularly its implementation in... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...

Rethinking Evidence-Based Practice in Education: A Critical Literature Review of the 'What Works' Approach

Adapted from a preliminary literature review for my EdD.

#education #teaching #learning #edusky #uked #educhat #schools #research

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New: After pandemic-era declines, there's been little progress on national tests since—in fact reading scores have fallen even further.

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Memory: What Every Language Teacher Should Know Buy Memory: What Every Language Teacher Should Know by Smith, Steve, Conti, Dr Gianfranco, Jones, Prof Elspeth (ISBN: 9798581810323) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

We wrote about memory in this book amzn.eu/d/4KnsLnV

Looking at the National English Test Last weekend was an extremely important one for Japanese students aspiring to enter university. There are various ways to gain university admission in Japan, and many students have already been accept...

The National Entrance Exam🇯🇵
・The current test seems heavily focused on reading skills.
・The new section focused on essay writing, which is challenging to assess through multiple-choice questions.

#EduSky

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Technology in Language Teaching & Learning

New #openaccess paper:
Neff, J., Arciaga, K., & Burri, M. (2024). EFL students' and teachers' perceptions of the ethical uses of AI tools. Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 6(3), 1–19
www.castledown.com/journals/tlt...

Listening to this fab politeness episode and during the part on backchannelling I was thinking about how much more intensively I backchannelled (and how different my backchannelling sounded) when I was living in Norway! 🇳🇴🗣️ #lingsky

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Delighted to see this paper come out from Zehui Yang's doctoral research. Such an important and timely topic! It focuses on an identity-based approach to enhancing the agency of non-native English speaking teachers (of English). Freely available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

How strong is the relationship between caregiver speech and language development? A meta-analysis (Coffey & Snedeker) - important attempt to try and estimate input-uptake relationships across studies

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Labour MP says free school meals would tackle child poverty Bishop Auckland MP Sam Rushworth wants to eventually see free meals for all pupils.

Free school meals 'would tackle child poverty', help families too.

England govt should emulate Scotland, NI and London.

5.2m children live in poverty.

Free school meals to all primary/secondary pupils would cost £2.5bn.

End tax perks of the rich. Save the future.
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The cover for Introducing Practical Discourse Analysis

Out now! Jenks’s Introducing Practical Discourse Analysis | This textbook provides an accessible, comprehensive overview of discourse analysis and the knowledge needed to become a discourse analyst.

Find out more: ☑️ cup.org/4h1vlxv

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL Eight years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also b…

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/01/17/a...

Image of presentation abstract, which is available at the link : https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/mitn/events/seminars/

🚨Seminar for MITN series!
🗓️ Wed 29th January 2025
🎤 'Multilingualism in research interviews: language policy and practice' (see abstract)
🕔 5-6 pm (GMT)
🔗 Free to join, see link: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
All welcome!
#ResearchingMultilingually
#LanguagesInResearch
#Interviews

Language and Place Cambridge Core - Sociolinguistics - Language and Place

It’s book release day! @perj44.bsky.social & I are so proud of our Cambridge Elements volume on “Language and Place,” which is available for immediate download as an open access PDF as of today 🤩 #linguistics #lingsky

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Special Issue: The Politics of Academic Reading: 50th Anniversary Issue of IJSL; Issue Editor: Alexandre Duchêne Volume 2024, issue 289-290 of the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language was published in 2024.

The Politics of Academic Reading
Have you seen these exciting contributions to the 50th Anniversary Issue of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language? @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
All free access and will make a worthwhile weekend read
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Language teachers’ use of social media platforms and online tutoring platforms: A scoping review Around the world, language teachers use for-profit digital platforms to find and instruct students. Although a plethora of recent studies have addressed this emerging phenomenon, there has not yet ...

New review paper by my doctoral student Stephy (Wang Jinyan) and I, looking at the platformization of language teaching (i.e., online language teaching in for-profit contexts).

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SMB4R...

Flyer for 21 January 2025 free webinar by the American Association for Applied Linguistics, "AI in Applied Linguistics: ChatGPT and Language Teaching," featuring Dr. Lucas Kohnke of the Education University of Hong Kong and Dr. Carol Chapelle of Iowa State University. The flyer states that the event is from 9:30-10:30 AM EST, and registration is open. The description is as follows: "Please join us for the second webinar in our series on Al in Applied Linguistics featuring Dr. Carol Chapelle and Dr. Lucas Kohnke. This one-hour session will focus on language teaching and ChatGPT and will highlight current topics, themes, and research related to teacher training, professional development, and pedagogy. Speakers will also identify key future directions in this area of applied linguistics scholarship and participate in a Q&A with attendees following their presentations."

AAAL webinar "AI in Applied Linguistics: ChatGPT and Language Teaching," featuring Dr. Carol Chapelle and Dr. Lucas Kohnke, Tuesday, January 21. Free registration: www.aaal.org/events/aaal-...

#AI #languageteaching #langsky #linguistics

Using Memes to Facilitate TESOL Student Teachers' Reflections on Identity While reflection on one's own developing language teacher identity is a valuable experience for TESOL student teachers, written reflections and concerns about evaluation make it challenging to engage...

I'm excited to finally be able to share this article, just published in TESOL Quarterly, where I explore the possibilities of inviting (student) teachers to create and collaboratively analyze memes as a way to reflect on their (practicum) teaching experiences and identity development.

(PDF) Teaching idioms in English as a second language : an analysis of issues and solutions PDF | Idioms are said to mirror the culture of the language. As it happens with most culturally-determined language aspects, idioms pose great... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Res...

For #EduSky and #TESOL folks, this whole thread is a great window into a tricky area of language learning—and a fascinating study in language attitudes and resistance to diversity and change 🤓

Oh, and while we’re here, this interesting paper by Olga Blinova:

The Principles of Language Testing As I mentioned last week, I’m going to focus on testing for the next few weeks. Last week, I shared my techniques for testing vocabulary in a way that helps words stick for students by emphasizing spe...

This week's blog looks at 5.5 principles of testing I always keep in mind when creating exams.
#TESOL
#languagetesting

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Developing Virtual Classroom Tours With Preservice Teachers: Integrating a Translanguaging Stance and Design This article describes a project for a university course on teaching language and literacy through a translanguaging lens. Through this project, preservice teachers (PSTs) were invited to design a “V...

I am excited to share a new article in TESOL Journal! This is a short, super practical article that describes a project I do in the Bilingual-ESL teacher ed program at Rowan. If you work with pre-service teachers of MLs, this one’s for you! It’s also open access! 🎉 dx.doi.org/10.1002/tesj...

みなさんが願う人生や社会にするために、学校で... いけんひろば（アンケート）を開催します！★すでに登録済みのぷらすメンバーのみなさん★１月14日（火）に対象のぷらすメンバーに回答フォームをお送りしますので、そちらからご回答ください！★これからぷらすメンバーに登録しようとしているみなさ...

次期学習指導要領に向け、子供の意見を聞くそうだ。試みとしては悪くない。

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ただ、学校現場で子供たちと向き合っている教師の意見は聞かないのかな？「パブリックコメント」期間はあるが、あれでは遅い。今のうちに意見を直接文科省に届けられる手段がないとおかしいよね。

さいたま市「英語力日本一」　独自の教育、約20年で成果　News潜望展望 - 日本経済新聞 さいたま市が独自に展開する英語教育が成果を上げている。約20年前から小中学校を横断したカリキュラムなどを他地域に率先して充実させた結果、同市の中学生の英語力は2018年以降、全国トップを独走している。教育都市としても知られるさいたま市は子どもの転入が多く、質の高い教育の担保に注目が集まっている。「You can see three monkeys」――。市立文蔵小学校の教室で、起立した小学6年

さいたま市「英語力日本一」　独自の教育が成果
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

特徴は英語嫌いを作らない授業。初めは「Because しゅわしゅわしてる」など、日本語を混ぜて話すことも認めます。

独自教育が奏功し、英検3級以上相当の中3は88.4%にのぼりました。