Toward Exhilarating Classrooms: Representation vs. Inclusion in Japanese Language Education

Language Attitudes of Japanese University Students Toward Japanese English - A Proposal for English Education - Mariko

The purpose of this study is to investigate the language attitudes of Japanese university students toward Japanese English in comparison to their attitudes toward Chinese English and American English. Voiced Guise Technique and questionnaires were used as methodology, having 80 students as participants. The study found that their evaluation of Japanese English was intermediate in terms of solid...

Master’s Degree “Educating in Diversity” (MDED): Toward Inclusion Education Quality

Special education master’s degrees are proliferating, most probably in response to the requirement for all special education teachers to be highly qualified. The aim of the study is to evaluate the 10year Master’s Degree “Educating in Diversity” (MDED) at the University of La Laguna (ULL) and to examine the extent to which the development of diversity competencies in graduates is related to the...

Toward designing new classrooms.

This study is a work on analyzing the traditional shapes of classrooms. A model is presented that considers the rectangular classroom divided into five sections as a function of two factors: viewing distance and horizontal viewing angle. The reading time and number of errors are affected by both. This model is validated experimentally, and the shape of a trapezoid is suggested for new classrooms.

Striving Toward a Space for Equity and Inclusion in Physics Classrooms

Authenticity in Our Language Classrooms

In order to help our students learn English more effectively, we teachers of English need to place an equal emphasis both on designing suitable teaching materials and making use of effective teaching methodologies. Of the two types of teaching materials; namely authentic and non-authentic materials that are being used nowadays in schools and universities in most EFL countries, the use of the fo...