The quality of teaching in higher education is an issue which takes the researchers’ and policy makers’ attention especially after the second half of 1990s. Using online environments is a potential strategy for faculty development on teaching. This project aims to investigate the needs of early career and prospective faculty members’ needs on teaching and examine the design, implementation and ...

The objectives of this study are twofold: (1) to promote necessary English oral skills; and (2) to provide prospective English teachers with a necessary roadmap towards achieving competency in English oral communication skills. Prospective English teachers at 11 Japanese universities participated, and we tested our text materials in terms of the degree of motivation, and of the progress on thei...