Promoting Reflection on Language Learning

Presents research on and offers solutions to challenges that language teachers face in promoting reflection

This book presents the collaborative efforts of a team of academics at a university in Japan to promote learner reflection. It includes studies, practical applications and reflective accounts, and demonstrates how reflection can be effectively integrated into language learning activities with significant benefits to the learners.

This book brings together a wide range of studies, practical applications and reflective accounts written by academics working at a university in Japan to present a cohesive overview of their collaborative efforts to promote learner reflection within their institution. The book contributes to a shift in language education towards promoting learner responsibility and ownership of their learning through developing a deeper sense of awareness of and motivation for the learning process. It makes a convincing case for showing that not only is promoting reflection possible, but it can also be effectively integrated into language learning activities with significant benefits to the learners. The chapters are highly practical for researchers and practitioners, with the research chapters containing instruments which make them ideal for replication studies. The text includes a wealth of practical tools and activities for practitioners, who will be able to experience first-hand how to facilitate student success and increase satisfaction.