BARRS, Keith
   Department   Hiroshima shudo University  The Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences
   Position   Professor
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 TypeAnother 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.