Writing has always been one of the difficulties in teaching Chinese as a foreign language.
With the advent of the information society, modern information technology, represented by …

Despite a recent boom in the development of graded reading materials for L2 Japanese
learners which can be used for extensive reading (ER), the total amount of material remains …

Self-determination theory (SDT) was developed to analyse the motivation behind human
behaviours, but it has been adopted and utilised in language learning contexts in recent …

This paper presents the analysis on the language use of non-native (L2) Japanese speakers
with focus on their proficiency in group discussion conversations. Due to the demographic …

Japanese features a general noun-modifying clause construction (NMCC) with a more
versatile range of semantic and pragmatic interpretations than equivalent constructions in …

A research showed that the development of students' basic speaking skills had not reached
the expected target. It was important to develop speaking skills by learning materials using …

In recent years, there has been a lot of focus on gesture recognition because of its potential
as a means of communication for cutting-edge gadgets. As a special category of gesture …

This study examines research trends on Japanese pronouns from 1994 to 2024 using a
systematic literature review and bibliometric approach. The software used were PoP …

This paper presents the analysis on the language use of non-native (L2) Japanese speakers
with focus on their proficiency in group discussion conversations. Due to the demographic …

This chapter presents an overview of the acquisition of Japanese as a second language
research published in Japan. The chapter begins with a historical overview of the field–from …