Innovating EFL Teaching in Asia

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Introduction: Mapping our Path to, and through, Innovating EFL Teaching in Asia....Pages 1-3
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Teaching the New English Curriculum: An Ethnographic Study in a Chinese High School....Pages 9-22
Global Cultures and Identities: Refocusing the Aims of ELT in Asia through Intercultural Awareness....Pages 23-34
Training the Pesantren: Intercultural Materials for Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia....Pages 35-48
Language Learning Styles and Beliefs of EFL University Students in Korea: Are They Really Stereotypical?....Pages 49-60
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Learner Autonomy in Asia: How Asian Teachers and Students See Themselves....Pages 66-81
How Thai National Culture Can Be Used to Explain Students’ Behavior....Pages 82-94
Co-constructing Teacher Beliefs about Qualifications: Insights from Interviews in the Japanese Context....Pages 95-109
‘Reconceptualizing’ Self as a Teacher in a Malaysian Context....Pages 110-121
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Promoting Strategy Teaching as an Innovative Practice in the Asian EFL Oral Classroom....Pages 127-134
Innovating a Vocabulary Learning Strategies Program....Pages 135-144
Classroom Discourse Analysis of Student Use of Language Scaffolding During Tasks....Pages 145-161
Innovating EFL Teaching of Reading: An Activity Theory Perspective on Chinese Teachers’ Readiness to Adapt to Educational Reform....Pages 162-176
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Exploring Teachers’ Implementation of the Recent Curriculum Innovation in ELT in Turkish Primary Education....Pages 181-195
Affective Factors Contributing to Intrinsic Motivation for Learning English among Elementary School Students in Japan....Pages 196-203
Adapting English Picture Books to an EFL Context: A Study of Collaboration between Elementary School Teachers and TEFL Practitioners in Rural Japan....Pages 204-216
“Let’s Speak English”: Bridging the Linguistic Divide in Tamil Nadu....Pages 217-228
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Extensive Writing: A Fluency-first Approach to EFL Writing....Pages 232-244
Who Takes the Floor? Peer Feedback or Teacher Feedback: An Investigation of Chinese University English Learners’ Use and Understanding of Peer and Teacher Feedback on Writing....Pages 245-252
Assessing EFL Writing: Meaningful Innovations through SFL....Pages 253-266
Front Matter....Pages 229-231
Epilogue: Description and Evaluation of the Process of Creating this Book....Pages 267-279
Back Matter....Pages 280-301