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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in April 2026 (Volume 30, Issue 1) Submit manuscript

Comprehensibility of wasei eigo among native speakers teaching English as a foreign language in Japan

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Joselito Bayya Bisenio * and Esperval Cezhar H. Cadiao

West Visayas State University, Iloilo City, Philippines.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(03), 209-215
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.3.0996
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.3.0996
 
Received on 23 April 2023; revised on 02 June 2023; accepted on 04 June 2023
 
This paper focused on analyzing the comprehensibility of wasei eigo or the Japanese-made English among native English speakers who are teaching English as a foreign language in Japan. Though these words are loanwords from English, they mean differently from the original words or expressions they are derived from. The first research question determined the wasei eigo words or expressions understood by the NSE EFL teachers in Japan. The second and third research questions examined which wasei eigo word is the most understood and the least understood by the respondents. To answer these questions, a descriptive survey was used in this study. Purposive sampling was also used to gather the needed data from 20 native English speakers who are working as EFL teachers in Japan. The results show that some of the wasei eigo words are understood by the native English speakers who are teaching in Japan. However, further studies could be conducted to find out the effects of wasei eigo in the EFL teaching and learning in Japan.
 
Wasei eigo; English language; English as a foreign language; Japanese English
 
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Joselito Bayya Bisenio and Esperval Cezhar H. Cadiao. Comprehensibility of wasei eigo among native speakers teaching English as a foreign language in Japan. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(3), 209-215. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.3.0996

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