Risa Ikeda
Yamaguchi University
I have been teaching English in international settings for about 14 years now. I currently work mainly with undergraduate students in the Faculty of Global and Science Studies at Yamaguchi University. I am also a PhD student in the Graduate School of East Asian Studies at Yamaguchi University. My research interests include learner perspectives in study abroad, critical pedagogies, and qualitative methodologies in language learning.
Sessions
Shifting Language Ideologies During Study Abroad
This session discusses the changes in beliefs and attitudes toward English as an international language experienced by a group of Japanese university students in a short-term study abroad program in the Philippines. These beliefs and attitudes are framed as “language ideologies” (Surtees 2016), which are belief systems toward language shared by a community in a given circumstance. Data is drawn from interviews conducted before and after a four-week intensive English training course.