English in Japan in the Era of Globalization

Leading scholars in the field examine the role played by the English language in contemporary Japanese society. Their various chapters cover the nature, status, and function of English in Japan, focusing on the ways in which globalization is influencing language practices in the country.

YVONNE BRECKENRIDGE Instructor in English for Academic Purposes, University of Alberta, Canada ELIZABETH J. ERLING Lecturer in English Language Teaching, Open University, UK LAUREL KAMADA Senior Lecturer at Tohoku University, Japan RYUKO KUBOTA Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada AYA MATSUDA Assistant Professor of English, Arizona State University, USA YUKO MATSUMOTO Lecturer of Business Communication, University of Macau, China MASUKO MIYAHARA Teacher in the College of Liberal Arts at International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo, Japan ANDREW MOODY Associate Professor of English, University of Macau, China ALISON STEWART Teacher, Gakushuin University, Japan JAMES W. TOLLEFSON Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, USA, and Professor in the Department of Media, Communication, and Culture, at the Graduate School of Public Policy and Social Research, and the Institute for Educational Research and Service, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan MAI YAMAGAMI Doctoral student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA YASUKATA YANO Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics, Waseda University, Japan