Teaching World Englishes in Japan: Why and How

本研究的主要目的是将世界英语的理论和概念与英语作为一种全球性语言的教学实践联系起来。更具体地说，研究者试图澄清的关注和创建的标准，英语作为一种弗兰卡教学。 通过过去三年的研究，他在几次会议上介绍了他的研究结果，并就此主题撰写了文章和一本书。他还将出版作为教科书的《全球激活者》和另一本供教师使用的书《日本英语教育中的世界英语》。

The main objective of this study was to bridge the theory and concept of World Englishes to the practices of teaching English as a global language. More specifically, the researcher tried to clarify concerns of and create the benchmarks for teaching English as a lingua franca. Through this study in the past three years he presented his findings at several conferences, produced articles and a book on this theme. He is also about to publish Global Activator as a textbook and another book for teachers, World Englishes in English education in Japan.