October 31, 2025 to November 2, 2025
National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター
Asia/Tokyo timezone

Code-Switching to Support Beginning-Level Learners

Nov 2, 2025, 12:40 PM
20m
National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

3-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-0052 / 〒151-0052 東京都渋谷区代々木神園町3-1

Speaker

Haruka Shishido (Kanda University of International Studies)

Description

Although MEXT requires us to conduct a lesson in English, challenges persist when teaching beginning-level learners. This presentation explores how teachers’ strategic code-switching influences their comprehension and classroom engagement, showing its pedagogical value within the constraints of English instruction in the Japanese high school context.

Summary

Although MEXT requires us to conduct a lesson in English, challenges persist when teaching beginning-level learners. This presentation explores how teachers’ strategic code-switching influences their comprehension and classroom engagement, showing its pedagogical value within the constraints of English instruction in the Japanese high school context.

Teaching Context Junior/senior high-school

Authors

Dr Gordon Myskow (Kanda University of International Studies) Haruka Shishido (Kanda University of International Studies)

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