The contradictory effect of the ‘global’ on the ‘local’: Japanese behaviour and attitudes towards English use in local contexts

Terasawa, Takunori

doi:10.1080/14767724.2017.1335595

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“…The globalised economy, the globalisation of finance and commerce, the increasing mobility of people across borders, and the transnational circulation of information and ideas augmented by technological innovation are all likely to have a relatively direct impact on the proliferation of English use, both positive and negative. Indeed, as has been revealed in empirical studies (Terasawa, 2018a; see also Terasawa, 2018b), English use frequency in Japan declined by around 5 per cent in the late 2000s as a result of the global financial crisis of 2007-2008 and the consequent stagnation in the mobility of people, capital, and business (this study will be discussed in more detail later).…”

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Web survey data on the use of the English language in the Japanese workplace

Terasawa

2021

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This study sought to determine the extent to which English has spread in Japanese society. It analyses large‐scale web panel‐based questionnaire survey data and estimates English use frequency using a bias correction method. The results show that for most types of English use investigated, the average frequencies were less than five times a year, the proportions of English users were less than 20%, and these frequencies varied according to the type of language use and workers’ attributes. These findings suggest that English use in Japan is limited to a small specific group of workers. Furthermore, the use of English productive skills was shown to be less than 10%, whereas the use of English receptive skills and other cross‐linguistic behaviours were more common. Based on these findings, this study discusses the scale of the spread of English in Japan from the perspective of English use frequency.

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Web survey data on the use of the English language in the Japanese workplace

Terasawa

2021

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“…Kariya & Rappleye, 2010;Rappleye, 2012;Shibata, 2010;Takayama, 2011), only few studies have approached foreign language education policies in a broader context (cf. Aspinall, 2012;Kubota, 2015;Terasawa, 2018). The current paper attempts to bridge the research gap by providing an empirical analysis of the complex interconnections between global education trends and the politics of foreign language education policy in Japan.…”

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Policy borrowing of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) in Japan: an analysis of the interplay between global education trends and national policymaking

Nishimura-Sahi

2020

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

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This paper aims to show the complex overlapping and interaction with exogenous influences in the processes of national policymaking by analysing a case of policy borrowing in Japan. Specifically, it explores the political circumstances under which the Council of Europe Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) was introduced to foreign language education policy at the national government level in Japan. The results suggest that the CEFR was borrowed selectively as a practical solution to achieve prolonged educational and political agendas promoted by multiple actors such as academics, the Ministry of Education (MEXT), and a group of politicians and business associations. This study moreover shows that the CEFR borrowing occurred under manifold interplays between multiple global education trends and domestic needs for Japanese citizens to acquire a practical communicative command of English to strengthen their international economic competitiveness.

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Behind the Sand Castle: Implementing English Language Teaching Policies in Japan

Oda¹

2019

Second Handbook of English Language Teaching

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The contradictory effect of the ‘global’ on the ‘local’: Japanese behaviour and attitudes towards English use in local contexts

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Web survey data on the use of the English language in the Japanese workplace

Web survey data on the use of the English language in the Japanese workplace

Policy borrowing of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) in Japan: an analysis of the interplay between global education trends and national policymaking

Behind the Sand Castle: Implementing English Language Teaching Policies in Japan

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