Akiko Fujii
List of John Benjamins publications in which Akiko Fujii is involved.
2025 Examining teachers’ evaluations of task characteristics: Lessons from two teacher education contexts Teacher Education for Task-Based Language Teaching, Gutiérrez, Xavier, Lara Bryfonski and Greg Ogilvie (eds.), pp. 203–227 | Article
Though teachers have been shown to be widely influential in effective task-based initiatives (e.g., Van den Branden, 2016), research on teachers and task-based language teaching (TBLT) has primarily explored how teachers develop or adapt tasks for use in their own contexts during professional… read more
2016 2. Peer interaction and metacognitive instruction in the EFL classroom Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning: Pedagogical potential and research agenda, Sato, Masatoshi and Susan Ballinger (eds.), pp. 63–89 | Article
This chapter examines the effects of metacognitive instruction on the provision and use of interactional opportunities in learner-learner interactions in the task-based EFL classroom. Learners (N = 39) drawn from three intact speaking classes in an intensive academic EFL program were divided into a… read more
2013 4. Tasks and traditional practice activities in a foreign language context Second Language Interaction in Diverse Educational Contexts, McDonough, Kim and Alison Mackey (eds.), pp. 71–88 | Chapter
In this study, learners carried out tasks and traditional practice activities in an authentic instructional context: English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Japan (n = 37). Learners’ production on pre- and posttests was analyzed to investigate second language (L2) development with respect to the… read more
2002 9. Individual differences in working memory, noticing of interactional feedback and L2 development Individual Differences and Instructed Language Learning, Robinson, Peter (ed.), pp. 181–209 | Article