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Teachable Articles: A Practical Approach To Teaching English Articles To Japanese Learners, Kayo Fujito Jan 2004

Teachable Articles: A Practical Approach To Teaching English Articles To Japanese Learners, Kayo Fujito

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This dissertation is about English articles and specifically the difficulties that non-native speakers, particularly Japanese learners, face in mastering their use. In this dissertation, I will mainly focus on;

1. An investigation on teaching articles and the use of articles including a survey completed by teachers of English

2. Two charts for determining articles and categories with examples including my adaptation of the chart

3. Some ideas and practical suggestions for teaching articles

The findings from this study have led me to a belief that there are ways for Japanese learners to improve their ability to use articles and by …