@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00014569,
 author = {KURAMOTO, Mai},
 journal = {VERBA},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {The reform of English education in Japan aims to equip students with a “Global Outlook” by encouraging non-native (NN) English teachers to teach through the medium of English. The situation is a challenge for NN English teachers due to their lack of experience which may lead to language anxiety for the students and interrupt their comprehension processes. Noting this aspect, this research presents the findings of a questionnaire survey focusing on to what extent and how language anxiety was reduced by the medium of English for instruction among college EFL learners throughout a 15-class semester. The survey was administered twice: the first time in Week 6 (Survey 1) and the second time in Week 11 (Survey 2). The participants for this research were first-year Japanese students from three different faculties of a national university (n=68). After the application of the paired-samples t-tests on the pre and post surveys were carried out, the results did not show any significant difference in terms of the students’ perceptions and understanding of the instructor’s use of English for instructions. At the same time, some improvements were observed in the utilization of TETE (Teaching English Through English) in terms of the students being able to ask questions in a spontaneous manner and answer questions asked of them by the instructor.},
 pages = {28--39},
 title = {Reducing Language Anxiety Through the Medium of English in EFL Classes : Focusing on Instructor Intervention and Learner Response in Tertiary English Classes},
 volume = {42},
 year = {2019}
}