What is it about?
We demonstrate that at two locations in a self-access learning center (SALC) at a Japanese university, English is the default language at the SALC service counter, but Japanese is the default language at a coffee shop within the SALC. We consider possible reasons for this.
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Why is it important?
This is important for the design of self-access learning centers.
Perspectives
Most of my work is within Conversation Analysis or CA-SLA, but this study is quite different.
Dr Eric Hauser
University of Electro-Communications
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This page is a summary of: English-Speaking Spaces: An Ethnographic Study, August 2024, The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT),
DOI: 10.37546/jaltpcp2023-42.
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