Re-Envisioning EFL Education in Asia - Paperback

by Theron Muller (Author), John Admanson (Author), Steven Herder (Author)

Re-Envisioning EFL Education in Asia is a ground-breaking collaboration that explores the challenges and opportunities of teaching and learning in Asia.

In this third book by our editorial team with teachers and researchers who live and work across the region, Asia comes into its own as a vibrant center of language teaching pedagogy and research through chapters that address contemporary 21st century issues.

How borders are envisioned and drawn is critiqued through chapters that, for example, explore multiethnic China and the Asian diaspora's experiences when studying outside Asia. Its chapters speak to teachers and researchers interested in how to re-envision language teaching and learning in their own contexts.

From Japan to China, from Korea to Saudi Arabia, the authors share their insights and experiences on topics such as:

• Critical thinking
• Genre awareness
• Intercultural communication
• Learner autonomy
• Teletandem learning
• Multi-agent teaching
• Identity construction
• Teacher research
• Extensive reading
• Humor competency
• English-medium instruction

Drawing on both theory and practice, they offer a fresh perspective on how EFL education can be re-envisioned to meet the needs and aspirations of Asian learners and teachers in the 21st century. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in EFL education in Asia, whether as a student, teacher, researcher, or policy maker.

★★★ CHAPTERS ★★★

★ Developing Critical Thinking Skills: A Pedagogical Inquiry into Japanese Learners of English

Masumi Narita, Natsumi Okuwaki, and Gavan Gray

★ Using the Genre-based Approach to Raise University Student Awareness: A Case Study

Akiko Nagao

★ A CLIL Course on Karate and Japanese Culture: Developing Intercultural Awareness and Language Learning

Barry Kavanagh

★ Promoting Peer Collaboration to Develop Learner Autonomy: Examples from a Self-Access Center (SAC)

Dominique Vola Ambinintsoa and Satoko Watkins

★ L2 Identity Construction Through Teletandem Learning

Kie Yamamoto

★ Multi-Agent Teaching: A Case Study

Anuja M. Thomas and Philip M. McCarthy

★ Students from Asia and Teachers in Paranational Classrooms: Co-Constructing Identities Amidst Stereotypes

Mark A. McGuire and Zhenjie Weng

★ Re-Envisioning Teacher Research by Questioning Assumptions: Gaps and Overlaps

Theron Muller and Colin Skeates

★ Effects of Extensive Reading on Japanese Learners' Writing Ability

Kiyomi Yoshizawa, Atsuko Takase, and Kyoko Otsuki

★ Humor Competency Training with Japanese Learners of English

John Rucynski and Caleb Prichard

★ Exploring EMI in Ethnic Multilingual Education in China's IMAR

Disi Ai (Adis)

★ Saudi Female College Students' L2 English Learning Motivation

Danya Shaalan

★ Revisiting the Need for Foreign English Teachers in South Korea

Laura Taylor

★ EMI Business Programs in a Chinese University: Students' Perspectives, Pedagogical Challenges, and Re-Shaped Practices

Lijie Shao

★ Re-Envisioning Student and Teacher Educational Partnering: The Hu-women-ism of Riane Eisler's Work

Tim Murphey