Daniel Warchulski
Himeji Dokkyo University
Daniel currently resides and teaches in the Kansai area of Japan. He is a full-time English lecturer at Himeji Dokkyo University and has taught at universities in the Kansai and Kanto regions. His research interests include autonomy, self-assessment, motivation, and culture.
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The Intercultural Community
This paper presents an overview of data collected as part of a long-term study of 1000 Japanese university ESL students’ engagement with the language community and how this relates to student interests. The results indicate that students most often engage in aspects of L2 culture that are less demanding, and that engagement with the broader language community is significantly mediated by variables such as language proficiency, time spent abroad, and cram-school study.