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Can't decide what to write about? Perhaps this list of senior papers (and graduation theses) can inspire you! You can also borrow these papers from me and use them as references in your own paper if you are writing about a similar topic.

Class of 1997
Questioning behavior by English teachers: Eliciting responses from Japanese students Ayuko Miyahara
Attitude, motivation, and interest in learning English in high schools with English departments Chizuko Sato
Oral communication A: Japanese high school English education for communication Satoshi Takada
Analysis of the Secondary Level English Proficiency (SLEP) Test Tomoya Takahashi
Videos in Oral Communication B Shinya Yoshida
Initial EFL literacy in Japan: Phonics and the whole-word method Keiko Yoshino
Teachers' character and affect in the classroom Takayuki Kowaka
Class of 1998
The theory and practice of pair work in Japanese ESL classes Rieko Matsunami
The Japanese educational system: The course of studies Katsunori Saito
Immersion programs in Japan Tomomi Sato
Class of 1999
Fluency vs. accuracy in Keypal activities Hiroshi Abe
External influence on Japanese high school studentsユ motivation to learn English Hiroko Saito
Class of 2000
The relationships between risk-taking and two teaching methods Mizue Aoki
The influence of loanwords Hiroshi Ito
Memory and Total Physical response Hitomi Kimura
Japanese university studentsユ use of affective strategies in foreign language learning Nami Komoto
Effects of short-term study abroad: How do the students change and grow? Maiko Sakai
The entrance examinations of Hokkai Gakuen University from 1995 to 1998 Ryoma Sasaki
The influences of language anxiety in second language acquisition Daisuke Shinohara
English education in the elementary school Motoko Takemura
Language and Gender Sachie Mocho
A comparison of English idioms and Japanese idioms Kaoru Kawasaki
Using feature films to increase student interest in English Masato Fujino
A and THE Keiko Amai
Class of 2001
Loanwords in Japan Nobuyuki Kimura
Importance of lexical phrases in facilitating communicative competence Hideki Mori
The use of e-mail for motivation in secondary English classes Masami Sasaki
Teachersユ questions in Japanese high school English classes Hisanari Sato
The effectiveness of teacher feedback on surface grammar errors Akihiro Shibata
The JET program: AETs and JTEs Chiharu Terashima
Language and gender Maiko Watase
Class of 2002
Black English vernacular Hanae Okuyama
The usage of language in advertising: A pragmatic analysis of Japanese advertisements Shigeru Sasaki
Gender and language Saori Watanabe
Aspects of Connected Speech Yohei Tsuruga
Native English speaker teachers and non-native English speaker teachers Keiko Kanda
The language of warnings on cigarette packages in Japan and North America Tomokazu Miyata
Japanese learnersユ errors: An overview Shingo Takahashi
Code Switching, as an Essential Communication Strategy for Bilinguals Hitomi Nantani
How children acquire language Masayo Iida
The language of American humor Mika Komoto
Non-native Teachers of English Fumihito Yoshida
Prime Minister Koizumiユs use of language Takeshi Matsuda
Class of 2003
Sexist language Chiaki Kawaguchi
The language of sport Yoshihiro Takahashi
The promise and the contract: linguistic and legal aspects Yuki Takaku
How relative pronouns are taught in Japanese junior high schools Atsushi Takemoto
Language and thought: The unique Japanese brain Akiko Oguri
Class of 2004
Motivation in second language learning Yuichiro Kageyama
Slang: The environment and history of slang Mutsumi Sudo
The sound changes of English Hiroki Yagata
Newspaper English Michiko Maezuka
Playing with words in Mother Goose nursery rhymes Reiko Fujitsuka
Is "Could you...?" really more polite than "Can youノ?" Naomi Ohseko
American sign language Kanako Goshuu
Making recommendations: Language of salespeople Kyoko Kodama
The use of music and song in language classes Daiki Shimada
Learning to listen to foreign language Kazuya Saito
New York dialect in Woody Allen's movies Nanako Watanabe
Linguistic features and national identity of Australia Shizue Mikawa
The writing class in Japanese in senior high school Kousuke Nozaki
Class of 2005
Terms of Address Ayumi Daicho
Listening Comprehension Naomi Kimura
Teaching English to Japanese Elementary Schoolchildren Nanako Otomo
Interpretation Yukie Arakane
The Economic Value of Foreign Languages in Japan Yasuko Higashiyama
Singapore English Yukari Katayama
A Pragmatic Analysis of Jokes Shinya Okabe
History of the English Dictionary Hiroki Otomo
The History of American English and its Differences from British English Yuki Sugimura
Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language: A History Kyoko Takane
Semantics: Considerations on the Meanings of Words Seiko Tsuchida
Language in Advertising: Pragmatics and American Advertisements Noriko Yamashina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last revised:

February 1, 2005