This book focuses on Japanese science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students and their experiences of learning English. Students majoring in STEM face unique circumstances regarding their English language education. Despite the global use of English in these fields, the authors argue that Japanese STEM students fail to take advantage of coursework, extracurricular materials, teachers, peers, and other resources to raise their communicative abilities to a sufficient level for the workplace. This book offers insights into how STEM students can learn English more effectively and purposefully. The chapters provide firsthand perspectives into the psychologies, educational programs, and future workplace situations of Japanese STEM students, who are the innovators, inventors, and researchers of the future. This book will appeal to applied linguists and language teachers wherever STEM English is taught.
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Part I English for Japanese STEM Workplaces |
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1 Setting the Stage of STEM English for Students |
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2 Prioritizing Horizontal Spoken Discourse in Teaching English for Medical Purposes |
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3 Corporate Views on English in Agricultural Companies/Industries |
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4 Developing In-Service English Programs for Japanese Medical Staff |
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Part II English for Japanese STEM Education |
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5 Development of an English for Research Purposes Program for STEM Graduate Students |
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6 Genre-Based, Corpus-Supported Writing Courses for Science and Engineering Students at Japanese Universities |
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7 Integrating Clinical English in Japanese Medical Education: Challenges, Successes, and Insights |
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8 Medical English Curriculum Development: The SiReN Approach |
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Part III English for Japanese STEM Students |
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9 Perceptions of English Needs at a National University: Comparing Students and Science Teachers |
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10 The Effects of Career Education Exercises on L2 Motivation in English Classes for STEM Majors |
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11 To Build a Poster: The Story of a STEM Poster Presentation Course |
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12 STEM Students' In-Between Identities and Ambiguous Desires Toward Learning EFL Writing |
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13 Longitudinal Qualitative Investigation into Successful Learning Experiences of Two First-Year STEM Majors |
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Part IV Aligning Motivations, Values, and Practices |
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14 English for Self-Expansion: To Know the Great Ocean |
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15 Ideal Classmates Priming on Motivations and Engagement: STEM and International Studies Students |
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16 STEM English for Students: The Big Picture |
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Glen Hill is a recently retired Associate Professor from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan. He has been teaching in Japan since 1998. For 11 years he has been Chief Editor of the OnCUE Journal, published by the Japan Association for Language Teaching.
Joseph Falout is an Associate Professor at College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Japan. Awarded five times by Japan Association for Language Teaching for publications and presentations, he authored or co-authored 60-plus works on psychology in language learning and teaching.
Matthew Apple is a Professor in the College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. He has taught at various levels of education in Japan since 1999, including junior and senior high school, technical college, undergraduate university, and graduate school.
