This volume showcases how concept-based language instruction (C-BLI) can be effectively integrated into foreign language instruction.
Kyoko Masuda is Professor of Japanese Applied Linguistics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her current research areas include Japanese discourse studies, applied cognitive linguistics, sociocultural theory, second language acquisition, and role language/mimetic words used in Manga.
Amy Snyder Ohta is Professor of Japanese Applied Linguistics at the University of Washington. Her research uses sociocultural theory to consider the learning and teaching of Japanese as a foreign language, interlanguage pragmatics, classroom research, interview research, and autoethnography.
Rie Tsujihara is Affiliate Assistant Professor of Japanese Applied Linguistics at the University of Washington, Lecturer of Japanese at the University of Washington, and Lecturer of Japanese at Cascadia College. Her research focuses on the learning and teaching of Japanese as a foreign language, both pragmatics and grammar, with a special interest in sociocultural theory.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Part II
Part III
10. Teaching the Japanese Causative by Incorporating Insights from Corpus Studies
11. The Passive and the Speaker's Perspective in Japanese: Focusing on "Undergoing"
12. Moving Forward with Concept-based Language Instruction
Index