Technology-Supported Learning In and Out of the Japanese Language Classroom

Erica Zimmerman is an Associate Professor of Japanese in the Languages and Cultures Department at the United States Naval Academy. She has published in the areas of the acquisition of Japanese as a second/foreign language, language pedagogy, computer-assisted language learning, conversation analysis, intercultural communication and identity in talk. Abigail McMeekin is an Associate Professor of Japanese and Japanese Program Head in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Lethbridge, Canada. Her published research focuses on Japanese pedagogy and second language acquisition, study abroad, computer-assisted language learning, conversation analysis and intercultural communication.

Chapter 1. Erica Zimmerman and Abigail McMeekin: Technology Past and Present: The History of CALL and Technology for Learning Japanese   



Part 1: Technology for Writing and Reading



Chapter 2. Nina Langton: Screencast Delivery of Feedback on Writing Assignments for Beginning Japanese Language Students: An Alternative to the “Red Pen”



Chapter 3. Abigail McMeekin: The Pedagogical Value of Web-based Readings in the JFL Classroom



Part 2: Collaborative Online Learning



Chapter 4. Yuka Akiyama: Impact of Lexical Categories on Skype-mediated Multimodal Focus on Form and Vocabulary Learning: A Task-based Study



Chapter 5: Yumi Takamiya and Mariya Aida Niendorf: Identity (Re)construction and Improvement in Intercultural Competence through Synchronous and Asynchronous Telecollaboration: Connecting Japanese Language Learners in the United States and Sweden



Part 3: Creation and Analysis of CALL Programs for Learning Japanese



Chapter 6. Toru Yamada, Takako Sakai and Cade Bushnell: Rakugo CALL Program for Japanese Language Learning:  Its Development and Possibilities for Implementation



Chapter 7. Saeko Komori, Hiroko Yamamoto, Tae Homma, and Matthew Lanigan: Co-Chu: Japanese Corpus Analysis System and Two Analyses for Language Teaching



Chapter 8. Kazuhiro Yonemoto, Asami Tsuda, and Hisako Hayashi: How a Self-Learning Website can be Utilized for Better Pronunciation Education: Bridging Learning In and Out of the Classroom



Part 4: Learning Through Online Games



Chapter 9. Kasumi Yamazaki: The Effective Use of a 3D Virtual World in a JFL Classroom: Evidence from Discourse Analysis



Chapter 10. Kayo Shintaku: Game-mediated Activities in JFL Classrooms: Considerations and Issues in Learning, Teaching, and Implementation



Part 5: Technology Beyond the Physical Classroom



Chapter 11. Erica Zimmerman: Distance-Learning and Asynchronous Communication While on Study Abroad: Conversation-for-learning and Journal Reflections as a Means to Enhance Language-use



Chapter 12. Jae Dibello Takeuchi: Learners’ Participation in Japanese-related Online Communities and the Relationship between Online Activities and Classroom Learning: A Comparative Case Study of Two JFL Learners



Epilogue. Erica Zimmerman and Abigail McMeekin