Yasuo Nakatani

• Hosei University

This paper examines whether communication strategy (CS) usage presented in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) can improve EFL learners' proficiency in communicative tasks. Japanese college students participated in 12-week CS training. The effects of the training were assessed by 3 types of data collection: the participa...

We report on a small-scale exploratory study of Japanese students' reactions to the use of a bilingual language assistant on an EFL study-abroad course in the UK and we give an insight into the possible effect of using bilingual assistants on speaking production. First-year university students were divided into three groups all taught by a monoling...

This article considers whether the use of specific communication strategies can improve learners' English proficiency in communicative tasks. Japanese college students (n = 62) participated in a 12-week course of English lessons using a communicative approach with strategy training. To investigate the influence of specific strategy use, their perfo...

This study focuses on how valid information about learner perception of strategy use during communicative tasks can be gathered systematically from English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. First, the study attempted to develop a questionnaire for statistical analysis, named the Oral Communication Strategy Inventory (OCSI). The research project...

This study examines current patterns of oral communication strategy (OCS) use, to what degree these strategies can be explicitly taught, and the extent to which strategy use can lead to improvements in oral communication ability.In a 12-week English as a Foreign Language (EFL) course based on a communicative approach, 62 female learners were divide...

Computer-produced typeface. Thesis (M.A.)--Washington State University, 2000. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 28).