Adopting post-reading discussions in English offers several advantages, including enhancing comprehension, stimulating critical thinking, developing interpersonal skills, fostering curiosity, and providing diverse perspectives (Alvermann, 1985; AdLit.org, 2008; UNESCO, n.d.). This practice was implemented as a weekly assignment at a private university within the context of Academic English...
As we consider how to introduce Japanese students to the world of AI, it is important to understand their experience with educational technology in general. This session presents 9 years of survey data into Japanese university students’ experiences with using technology in learning. The surveys were conducted among over 1,000 first-year university students at both private and public...
This presentation discusses the results of a technological literacy survey of undergraduate English majors (N = 285) conducted in 2022 (n = 176) and 2023 (n = 109) at a small private women’s university in Western Japan. The survey asked participants about their technology use pre-entry, changes in their technology use since entry, preferences regarding the various devices available for...
In project-based language learning (PBLL), students engage in real-world issues and use the language they are learning to produce products for audiences beyond the classroom. PBLL was incorporated into a business English class for third- and fourth-year university students. In this case, the real-world issue was provided by a local company that wanted to market its Airbnb to English-speaking...
