English-medium Instruction and the Information Technology Parallel in Japanese Higher Education

Authors

  • Annette Bradford
  • Howard Brown

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2018.92.10285

Keywords:

Japan, IT, technology, English, language instruction

Abstract

As English-medium instruction expands in the higher education sector in Japan, stakeholders are experiencing frustration. However, these are not new problems; we have seen these roadblocks before in the implementation of information technology in the 1990s.

Author Biographies

Annette Bradford

Annette Bradford is associate professor, School of Business Administration, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan.

Howard Brown

Howard Brown is associate professor, Faculty of International Studies
and Regional Development, University of Niigata Prefecture, Niigata,
Japan.

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Published

2018-01-14

How to Cite

Bradford, A., & Brown, H. (2018). English-medium Instruction and the Information Technology Parallel in Japanese Higher Education. International Higher Education, (92), 24–25. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2018.92.10285

Issue

No. 92: Winter 2018

Section

Focus on Japan

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