BARRS, Keith
Department Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences Position Professor |
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Language | English |
Publication Date | 2020/04 |
Type | Articles |
Peer Review | With peer review |
Title | Learning from the Linguistic Landscape: A Project-Based Learning Approach to Investigating English in Japan |
Contribution Type | Single-Authored Publication |
Journal | Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching |
Journal Type | Another Country |
Publisher | Centre for Language Studies, National University of Singapore |
Volume, Issue, Pages | 17(1),pp.7-15 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Responsible for | Linguistic Landscape Studies |
Details | This article reports on the development of a pedagogical activity which involved engaging university students with this English in the Japanese linguistic landscape, with the aim of facilitating the development of self-selected topics for the students’ final-year graduation theses. The activity was framed within a Project-Based Learning (PBL) approach to education, which engaged students directly in interacting with and critically examining their own linguistic landscapes so as to develop a deeper understanding of the forms and functions of English in this environment. |