Backward Yakudoku: An Attempt to Implement CLT at a Japanese High School

Autor/inn/en	Thompson, Gene; Yanagita, Mayuno
Titel	Backward Yakudoku: An Attempt to Implement CLT at a Japanese High School
Quelle	In: Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 11 (2017) 2, S.177-187 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-1229
DOI	10.1080/17501229.2015.1088856
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; High Schools; Program Implementation; Communicative Competence (Languages); Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Grammar Translation Method; Secondary School Teachers; Educational Practices; Action Research; Statistical Analysis; Qualitative Research; Reflection; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; High school; Oberschule; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Grammatik-Übersetzungsmethode; Bildungspraxis; Projektforschung; Statistische Analyse; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	How can Japanese teachers of English go about introducing more communicative activities suitable for their contexts? This article discusses an attempt by a high school teacher to implement communicative language teaching (CLT) in her classes while responding to institutional pressure to use "yakudoku" (a traditional grammar translation methodology) and focus on test and exam preparation. The article explains how the teacher, working with a mentor, rearranged the format of her classes to encourage more interactive activities, with translation activities used as review to prepare students for tests. This paper introduces the changes made over two cycles of the project, and suggests implications from the project which could be tested in other contexts, such as using outside mentors to help teachers to innovate, and focusing training experiences on getting teachers to experiment with CLT in their contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01