This article, based on an on-going inter-collegiate project in Japan, reports on (1) the design of a collaborative workplace between EFL teachers and JSL (Japanese as a second language) teachers, (2) collaborative styles of learning between Japanese EFL students and Asian JSL international students from Korea, China and Southeast Asian countries using e-mail and an electronic bulletin board system (BBS) for computer mediated communication, and (3) inter-cultural, task-based forms of negotiating meaning, information exchange and building relationships in multi-cultural settings for authentic and autonomous foreign language learning. Findings from the project indicate two learning environments; authentic audience and multi-cultural settings and two important learning strategies; autonomous learning and collaborative learning, all of which suggest the necessity of building up a new paradigm of ‘Communication with Language and Technology’ for foreign language learning.
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COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER AMPLIFIED COMMUNICATION ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE AND INTER-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION BACKGROUND A Socio-Cultural Aspect of Japanese Learners A Communicative Language Learning Aspect COURSE DESIGN AND PRACTICE Class Design and Learning Target Cyberspace Platform Class Work Supplementary Teaching Material Evaluation Method FINDINGS Inter-Cultural Aspects CALL Aspects Communication Aspects Language Aspects CONCLUSION THE AUTHOR REFERENCES
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Ryoichi Yamamoto [ Teikyo University of Science and Technology, Japan ]
The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals:
1. To link ELT professionals in joint research on issues and concerns regarding English teaching and learning in the Asian context.
2. To publish an academic journal, The Asia TEFL Journal, as an internationally recognized journal in the field of English language teaching.
3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia.
4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context.
5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.