Teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in Japan (eBook)

Rachael Ruegg is a lecturer at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She graduated with a PhD in Linguistics, from Macquarie University, Australia.Clay Williams is an associate professor in the graduate-level English Language Teaching Practices (ELT) program at Akita International University, Japan. He graduated with a PhD in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching from the University of Arizona, U.S.A. His recent books are Teaching English Reading in the Chinese-speaking World: Building Strategies across Scripts and Teaching English in East Asia: A Teacher’s Guide to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Learners, both published by Springer.

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Integrated Discussion: Innovation via cross-cultural engagement.- Chapter 3 Firing the Imagination: Process drama as a pedagogy for 'melting' EAP speaking anxiety and increasing Japanese university students' confidence in speaking.- Chapter 4 Word Recognition and Semantic Processing by Japanese English Learners.- Chapter 5 Xreading versus Paper-based Extensive Reading: Perceptions of students.- Chapter 6 Increasing autonomy in learners of EAP writing: An exploratory study.- Chapter 7 An Exploration of Japanese Students' Concept and Application of Critical Thinking in Academic Writing.- Chapter 8 Expansive Learning: Assessment recapitulates experience.- Chapter 9 Developing EAP Materials: Transforming learning through in-house textbooks.- Chapter 10 Conclusion.