Multimodal examples of Japanese language input (such as 'manga'and anime) have now
become the default choice for curriculum designers, material developers, and classroom …

Japanese Language Teaching (JLT) is well established in Australia but the number of
students studying Japanese has been declining. This decline is due to various factors …

This study examines gendered characteristics in four female Japanese language learners'
discourse practices in a communicative setting, where they interact with native Japanese …

The issue of e-politeness has been attracting increasing attention in the field of foreign
language teaching and learning. This article examines how students of Japanese as a …

This chapter describes a lesson unit on ekkyō-bungaku (lit., border-crossing literature), in an
advanced Japanese language course at a women's college in the US Ekkyō-bungaku is a …

There are large numbers of learners of Japanese in Australia, but few learners reach an
advanced level of the language. The fundamental question underlying the study was: what …

This action research examines teaching writing in Japanese without corrective feedback. I
adopted Active Learning in my Japanese lessons of the first semester of 2020 for master's …

In JSL (Japanese as Second Language) classrooms, while the homogeneity within national
borders and “safe differences” between different countries are commonly mentioned, there …

Yakuwarigo (role language) is a form of Japanese language use which embodies particular
characteristics of certain types of speakers. Consequently, most Japanese speakers who …

This volume investigates what I call “global education effects”—that is, the impacts of “global
education” 1 initiatives on institutional and individual practices and perceptions—with a …