Intra-group autonomy and authentic materials: a different approach to ELT in Japanese colleges and universities  

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Hart, Nicolaas

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: SYSTEM: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 30 no. 1 (Mar. 2002), page 33-46.
Topik: Authentic language texts; Communicative competence; Conversation schools; Cooperative learning; Global communication; Group process-writing; Interlanguage; Language learning strategies; Learner autonomy
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Globalization and the information-technology revolution demand that Japanese citizens develop a working knowledge of English to participate in the global communication process. This requires a radical departure from traditional language teaching practices. Japanese students need to develop learner autonomy and the skills to use authentic language texts in a cooperative learning context so that they can develop the intellectual and social skills to use English as an authentic global language among Japanese language speakers. Students at a women’s college in western Japan used an Australian junior high school social science text and personal and internet resources to put these principles into practice. Small permanent groups of students chose their own areas of study in designated topic areas, engaged in collaborative research, and presented their group findings in posters supported by oral and written reports. Diaries provided students with an effective means of reporting their understanding of the learning strategies employed to the teacher. The group discussions of the collected strategies helped students expand their working knowledge of English. # 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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