Charles Allen Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3804841 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Allen Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles Allen |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0952-7442 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Visuals from Taiwan English Learning Magazines as an Ageist Hidden Curriculum
Despite widespread evidence for inadvertent promotions of ageism in visual media, few scholarly works have considered the role of English language teaching materials in this matter. This research responded by subjecting a corpus of 1,705 images of people garnered from 28 recent volumes of English learning magazines used in Taiwan’s schools to a critical content analysis. The goal was to determine the amount and manner of representation of older a…
"Courting" the Hidden Curriculum: Depictions of Sexuality and Implications for Heteronormativity in ELT Materials from Taiwan
While the Taiwan government has embraced a progressive stance toward LGBT rights, especially through legalization of same-sex marriage and the adoption of educational policy aimed at promoting LGBT rights in the schools, there is little sense of the role of English language teaching (ELT) in this issue. Since English study is important in Taiwan, this project responded by employing hidden curriculum theory to address the possible role of English …
Role of the English teaching hidden curriculum in sustainability education: The case of Japan
Scholarship has neglected relationships between the hidden curriculum and environmental sustainability. The prevalence of ELT worldwide coupled with the importance of behavioral norms in sustainability makes such examinations necessary. In response, the objective of this project was to investigate depictions of norms with implications for environmental sustainability in the hidden curriculum of English language teaching (ELT) materials from Japan…
Symbolic Annihilation of Social Groups as Hidden Curriculum in Japanese ELT Materials
This study empirically investigated the invisibility, or symbolic annihilation, in Japanese English education of social groups at risk of marginalization. To do so, I assembled a corpus of 3746 English teaching materials selected because they involved world social group representation and because they were disseminated through the JET Program, a Japanese government initiative intended to promote internationalization and interculturalism in school…
The role of foreign language requirements in domestic students’ first-year success at one internationalising Japanese university
This project addressed the role of foreign language (FL) classes in a successful first-year student experience at one Japanese university. I assessed six dimensions of this experience: Match between high school FL classes and university FL classes, role of first-year FL course grades for academic progress, role of first-year FL classes in later studies, students’ attitudes toward the classes, promotion of language learning, and the success of the…
Membership in an Imagined Home Community and Stance Toward English among University Students in Japan
This article was prompted by my experience teaching a Japanese university English course in which students journaled about their English learning. In doing so, they drew heavily upon perceived membership in an imagined community associated with being Japanese as a means to explain their relationship with English. Analyzing this body of students’ work, I tease out important aspects of selfhood meaningful to these individuals in understanding their…
Understanding the NS/NNS division of labor in the creation and assessment of a Japanese university English entrance exam
The native speaker (NS) traditionally enjoyed a powerful position in language education. Later, critical applied linguists came to question this situation, arguing for the value of the non-native speaking (NNS) teacher. Despite this, research documents the status retained by the NS in language education in Japan. The present study adds to this discussion through an examination of one case in which NS and NNS work side by side: creating and assess…
Symbolic Annihilation of Social Groups as Hidden Curriculum in Japanese ELT Materials
This study empirically investigated the invisibility, or symbolic annihilation, in Japanese English education of social groups at risk of marginalization. To do so, I assembled a corpus of 3746 English teaching materials selected because they involved world social group representation and because they were disseminated through the JET Program, a Japanese government initiative intended to promote internationalization and interculturalism in school…
Membership in an Imagined Home Community and Stance Toward English among University Students in Japan
This article was prompted by my experience teaching a Japanese university English course in which students journaled about their English learning. In doing so, they drew heavily upon perceived membership in an imagined community associated with being Japanese as a means to explain their relationship with English. Analyzing this body of students’ work, I tease out important aspects of selfhood meaningful to these individuals in understanding their…
Understanding the NS/NNS division of labor in the creation and assessment of a Japanese university English entrance exam
The native speaker (NS) traditionally enjoyed a powerful position in language education. Later, critical applied linguists came to question this situation, arguing for the value of the non-native speaking (NNS) teacher. Despite this, research documents the status retained by the NS in language education in Japan. The present study adds to this discussion through an examination of one case in which NS and NNS work side by side: creating and assess…
Membership in an Imagined Home Community and Stance Toward English among University Students in Japan
This article was prompted by my experience teaching a Japanese university English course in which students journaled about their English learning. In doing so, they drew heavily upon perceived membership in an imagined community associated with being Japanese as a means to explain their relationship with English. Analyzing this body of students’ work, I tease out important aspects of selfhood meaningful to these individuals in understanding their…
The role of foreign language requirements in domestic students’ first-year success at one internationalising Japanese university
This project addressed the role of foreign language (FL) classes in a successful first-year student experience at one Japanese university. I assessed six dimensions of this experience: Match between high school FL classes and university FL classes, role of first-year FL course grades for academic progress, role of first-year FL classes in later studies, students’ attitudes toward the classes, promotion of language learning, and the success of the…
Symbolic Annihilation of Social Groups as Hidden Curriculum in Japanese ELT Materials
This study empirically investigated the invisibility, or symbolic annihilation, in Japanese English education of social groups at risk of marginalization. To do so, I assembled a corpus of 3746 English teaching materials selected because they involved world social group representation and because they were disseminated through the JET Program, a Japanese government initiative intended to promote internationalization and interculturalism in school…
Role of the English teaching hidden curriculum in sustainability education: The case of Japan
Scholarship has neglected relationships between the hidden curriculum and environmental sustainability. The prevalence of ELT worldwide coupled with the importance of behavioral norms in sustainability makes such examinations necessary. In response, the objective of this project was to investigate depictions of norms with implications for environmental sustainability in the hidden curriculum of English language teaching (ELT) materials from Japan…
"Courting" the Hidden Curriculum: Depictions of Sexuality and Implications for Heteronormativity in ELT Materials from Taiwan
While the Taiwan government has embraced a progressive stance toward LGBT rights, especially through legalization of same-sex marriage and the adoption of educational policy aimed at promoting LGBT rights in the schools, there is little sense of the role of English language teaching (ELT) in this issue. Since English study is important in Taiwan, this project responded by employing hidden curriculum theory to address the possible role of English …
Visuals from Taiwan English Learning Magazines as an Ageist Hidden Curriculum
Despite widespread evidence for inadvertent promotions of ageism in visual media, few scholarly works have considered the role of English language teaching materials in this matter. This research responded by subjecting a corpus of 1,705 images of people garnered from 28 recent volumes of English learning magazines used in Taiwan’s schools to a critical content analysis. The goal was to determine the amount and manner of representation of older a…
Sociology (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Curriculum (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works)