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Innovating EFL Teaching in Asia 99778800223300330011552288__0011__pprreexxxxiivv..iinndddd ii 1111//2255//22001111 11::3388::5511 PPMM This page intentionally left blank Innovating EFL Teaching in Asia Edited By Theron Muller University of Toyama, Japan Steven Herder Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, Japan John Adamson University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan and Philip Shigeo Brown Konan Women’s University, Japan 99778800223300330011552288__0011__pprreexxxxiivv..iinndddd iiiiii 1111//2255//22001111 11::3388::5511 PPMM Selection and editorial matter © Theron Muller, Steven Herder, John Adamson, Philip Shigeo Brown 2012 Chapters © their individual authors 2012 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978–0–230–30151–1 hardback ISBN 978–0–230–30152–8 paperback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Innovating EFL teaching in Asia / edited by Theron Muller ... [et al.]. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 978–0–230–30152–8 (pbk.) 1. Language and languages—Study and teaching. 2. Second language acquisition. I. Muller, Theron, 1977– P53.I47 2011 428.0071—dc23 2011021112 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne 99778800223300330011552288__0011__pprreexxxxiivv..iinndddd iivv 1111//2255//22001111 11::3388::5511 PPMM For all the teachers and students who have touched our lives and made the process of educating and being educated so fulfilling. 99778800223300330011552288__0011__pprreexxxxiivv..iinndddd vv 1111//2255//22001111 11::3388::5511 PPMM This page intentionally left blank Contents Tables and figures x Preface xiii Acknowledgements xv About the Contributors xvi List of abbreviations xxiii Introduction: Mapping our Path to, and through, Innovating EFL Teaching in Asia 1 Theron Muller Part A Defining the Asian EFL Context Introduction to Part A 6 Theron Muller and Philip Shigeo Brown 1 Teaching the New English Curriculum: An Ethnographic Study in a Chinese High School 9 Xi Fang 2 Global Cultures and Identities: Refocusing the Aims of ELT in Asia through Intercultural Awareness 23 Will Baker 3 Training the Pesantren: Intercultural Materials for Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia 35 Gillian Palmer and Itje Chodidjah 4 Language Learning Styles and Beliefs of EFL University Students in Korea: Are They Really Stereotypical? 49 Andrew Finch Part B Empowering Asian Voices Introduction to Part B 62 John Adamson 5 Learner Autonomy in Asia: How Asian Teachers and Students See Themselves 66 Fumiko Murase vii 99778800223300330011552288__0011__pprreexxxxiivv..iinndddd vviiii 1111//2255//22001111 11::3388::5511 PPMM viii Contents 6 How Thai National Culture Can Be Used to Explain Students’ Behavior 82 Chutigarn Raktham 7 Co-constructing Teacher Beliefs about Qualifications: Insights from Interviews in the Japanese Context 95 John Adamson 8 ‘Reconceptualizing’ Self as a Teacher in a Malaysian Context 110 Rosemary Erlam and Susan Gray Part C Innovating Teaching Methodology in Asia Introduction to Part C 124 Theron Muller 9 Promoting Strategy Teaching as an Innovative Practice in the Asian EFL Oral Classroom 127 Wendy Y. K. Lam 10 Innovating a Vocabulary Learning Strategies Program 135 Philip Shigeo Brown 11 Classroom Discourse Analysis of Student Use of Language Scaffolding During Tasks 145 Theron Muller and Mark de Boer 12 Innovating EFL Teaching of Reading: An Activity Theory Perspective on Chinese Teachers’ Readiness to Adapt to Educational Reform 162 Hongzhi Yang and Eva Bernat Part D Teaching Young Learners in Asia Introduction to Part D 178 Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto 13 Exploring Teachers’ Implementation of the Recent Curriculum Innovation in ELT in Turkish Primary Education 181 Yasemin Kırkgöz 14 Affective Factors Contributing to Intrinsic Motivation for Learning English among Elementary School Students in Japan 196 Junko Matsuzaki Carreira 99778800223300330011552288__0011__pprreexxxxiivv..iinndddd vviiiiii 1111//2255//22001111 11::3388::5511 PPMM Contents ix 15 Adapting English Picture Books to an EFL Context: A Study of Collaboration between Elementary School Teachers and TEFL Practitioners in Rural Japan 204 James M. Hall, Tomoko Yamazaki, Chohei Takahashi, and Takeru Ishigame 16 “Let’s Speak English”: Bridging the Linguistic Divide in Tamil Nadu 217 Kirsten A. Anderson and Parvathy P. Narayanan Part E Innovating Teaching Writing in Asia Introduction to Part E 230 Steven Herder 17 Extensive Writing: A Fluency-first Approach to EFL Writing 232 Steven Herder and Peter Clements 18 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 245 Huahui Zhao 19 Assessing EFL Writing: Meaningful Innovations through SFL 253 Toshio Hisaoka 20 Epilogue: Description and Evaluation of the Process of Creating this Book 267 Theron Muller and John Adamson References 280 Index 298 99778800223300330011552288__0011__pprreexxxxiivv..iinndddd iixx 1111//2255//22001111 11::3388::5522 PPMM
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