Abstract
Abstract
The present study examined English textbooks used in Japanese middle and high schools, and analyzed to what extent
the English words that are included in those textbooks are already integrated into the vocabulary pool of Japanese as loanwords.
The findings of the present study showed that approximately 80% of the English words introduced in the first four years of English
education in schools in Japan are already integrated into Japanese as loanwords. Based on this high percentage of English words
with loanword counterparts in Japanese, the present study has argued that English loanwords in Japanese can be used as a resource
for learning new vocabulary in the field of EFL education for L1 speakers of Japanese.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Economics and Econometrics,General Business, Management and Accounting,Communication,Geography, Planning and Development
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