Intercultural Topics for EFL Classes IN JAPAN
Learning a foreign language profoundly shapes the way students think—it quite literally expands their perception of reality. Once they reach a certain level of proficiency, it becomes especially meaningful to incorporate intercultural topics into language learning.
In this short book, foreign language teachers in Japan will find 11 accessible topics drawn from aspects of everyday life, each designed to open up discussions in their EFL classroom about cultural differences.
About the authors
Bruno Vannieu has taught French at the university level in Japan for 25 years, including eleven years at Kobe University where he received the Best Teacher Award six times. He retired from teaching in 2019 to concentrate on teacher training and publishing. He is a co-author of 13 French and English textbooks and the author of Enseigner l’oral au Japon (Teaching Speaking Skills in Japan). His research is focused on intercultural communication and language teaching methods.
Stephen Richmond has been teaching, editing and translating in Japan since 1999, and is currently Associate Professor of English at Kyoto University of Advanced Science. He teaches and researches intercultural communication. His publications include the first two editions of Conversations in Class (Alma Publishing), Sekai o Motenasu: Simple Eikaiwa (Gakken Plus) and the bi-monthly newspaper Enjoy Kyoto.
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