Point to Point: A Reaction to Gorsuch's "Yakudoku EFL Instruction in Two Japanese High School Classrooms": Yakudoku, Grammar Translation, or Reading Methods?

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87
Writer(s): 
Charles Jannuzi, Fukui University

In the last issue ofJALTJournal Gorsuch (1998) cites a paper I wrote
(Jannuzi, 1994). The first citation mentions my article as one that
describes and comments on the yakudoku method (YOM). The article
is next cited as one addressing the supposed deterministic 'washback"
effect of university entrance exams on English language teaching (EL T)
at Japanese high schools. This response clarifies the article's contents.

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