Education, language & culture
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Recent publications (education, language & culture)
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Relation between language, culture and science education
Transcripts of lectures delivered in English at mainstream American universities were uploaded to OnCAL (Online Corpus of Academic Lectures), and transcripts of lectures delivered in Japanese at mainstream Japanese universities were uploaded to OnCAL.jp. The analysis of these corpora enable the analysis of how the cultural background is reflected in the way instructors in science and engineering use language in the classroom. The figures below are the interface of OnCAL and OnCAL.jp websites. OnCAL and OnCAL.jp can also be used by learners, researchers, or instructors who want to become more familiar with the language used in lectures delivered in English or in Japanese. OnCAL (above) and OnCAL.jp (below) websites. Related…