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An ELF Program for Japanese Students in Taiwan #583

Mon, Nov 23, 11:55-12:20 JST | Video Q and A 15
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The study investigated the teaching effectiveness of an intensive program and observed the changes of students’ attitudes and instructors’ perceptions. Eleven Japanese college students joined an English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) program at a university in Taiwan for nine days and were given English-medium courses by American, Singaporean, and Taiwanese instructors. The student-participants and instructors reported increased motivation as the most evident merit, while calling for greater authenticity of using English in ELF contexts.

Presentation Assets

Ying-ting Amy Wang

Ying-ting Amy Wang

University of San Francisco
Ying-Ting Wang is a Mandarin teacher with a master's degree in Applied Linguistics and TESOL. She is now pursuing another degree in Educational Technology at the University of San Francisco to expand her views of using digital tools in the classroom. Her research interests include instructional design, curriculum design, and program development.
Tim Jeng-yih HSU

Tim Jeng-yih HSU

National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
Please call me Tim. I am an associate professor and have been teaching over 17 years at the Department of English, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. My current research interests include business communication, course design, and corpus.
Yukiko Yabuta

Yukiko Yabuta

Seisen Jogakuin College