This book offers an examination of the verbal participation of learners in Japanese as a Foreign Language classrooms. The verbal participation of learners in language classrooms offers a rich seam of data to the applied linguist. Overt and covert participation, when examined, can reveal both the structures of a classroom and elicit privileged information on participant's self-perceptions. This book examines the verbal participation of learners in Japanese as a Foreign Language classrooms. Verbal interactions with teachers and classmates and 'private' speech acts are examined in relation to the classroom context and also sociocultural factors such as the learner's motivation and the teacher's belief in their own methods. The examination of corrective feedback episodes and learners' private speech uses recorded speech and stimulated recall interviews recorded over the period of a year. The book's main focus is on Corrective Feedback episodes, and it explains not only the language used in class but also teacher's and learner's own perceptions. This book will be of interest to researchers in applied linguistics and second language acquisition, especially those involved with Japanese as a second or other language. It will also appeal to teachers of second and foreign languages.

Ichigo is out on a date with her 'crush' when suddenly she's involved in an odd incident in which her DNA is merged with the DNA of an almost extinct wildcat. When four other girls' DNA is merged with the DNA of four other almost extinct animals, it's apparent that they're part of a much bigger plan. Ichigo and her friends have been chosen to become a part of a secret project called the "Mew Project." Their mission: To protect the planet from aliens who are using animal to attack humans!

Ichigo is out on a date with her 'crush' when suddenly she's involved in an odd incident in which her DNA is merged with the DNA of an almost extinct wildcat. When four other girls' DNA is merged with the DNA of four other almost extinct animals, it's apparent that they're part of a much bigger plan. Ichigo and her friends have been chosen to become a part of a secret project called the "Mew Project." Their mission: To protect the planet from aliens who are using animal to attack humans!

Atsushi Takahashi directs this anime featuring the voice talents of Nobuhiko Okamoto, Jun Fukuyama and Kana Hanazawa. With preparations for the festival in full flow at True Cross Academy, suspicious demon-like creature, Usamaro (voice of Rie Kugimiya) appears. When strange and mysterious things start to happen around the Academy, it's left up to Rin (Okamoto) and the other exorcists to put a stop to it and banish Usamaro once and for all.

The verbal participation of learners in language classrooms offers a rich seam of data to the applied linguist. Overt and covert participation, when examined, can reveal both the structures of a classroom and elicit privileged information on participant's self-perceptions. It examines the verbal participation of learners in Japanese as a Foreign Language classrooms. Verbal interactions with teachers and classmates and 'private' speech acts are examined in relation to the classroom context and also sociocultural factors such as the learner's motivation and the teacher's belief in their own methods. The examination of corrective feedback episodes and learners' private speech uses recorded speech and stimulated recall interviews recorded over the period of a year. The main focus is on Corrective Feedback episodes, and explains not only the language used in class but also teacher's and learner's own perceptions. It will be of interest to researchers in applied linguistics and second language acquisition, especially those involved with Japanese as a second or other language.

All episodes from the Japanese anime series following a group of schoolgirls who participate in the martial art known as tankery. After bringing shame to her family name when she leaves her tank during a battle to save her friends, and subsequently causing her team to lose the contest, Miho Nishizumi (voice of Meg McDonald) decides to move away and joins new school Oarai Girls High. Miho chooses the school because it hasn't participated in tankery for almost 20 years but when the student council announces that Oarai will once again take part in sport she is pressured to get involved by the council's president and reluctantly becomes the commander of the Anglerfish Team. Alongside her new friends Saori (Jessica Calvello), Hana (Caitlynn French), Yukari (Rebekah Stevens) and Mako (Molly Searcy), Miho learns to enjoy the sport again and battles against rival schools in a tankery tournament.