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―16―JournalofChubuUniversityEducationNo.18（2018）SpeakingandListeningInstructionsUtilizingQuizletOHKADOMasayuki＊＊Professor,GlobalEducationCenter,LanguageProgram,ChubuUniversityAbstractTheidealgoalofstudyingaforeignlanguageisarguablytoestablishthedirectbondbetweenthoughtandexpressionsandbecomeabletocommunicatewiththelanguagewithouttheinterventionofthespeaker'snativelanguage.Thisgoalisnotalwayseasytoachieve,especiallyincaseswherethelinguisticdistancebetweenthespeaker'slanguageandthetargetlanguageheorshestudiesisgreatlikeinthecaseofJapanesespeakersstudyingEnglishorviceversa.Oneoftheespeciallyproblematicfeaturesinthesecasesisthemirror-imageorderingrelationsofthetwolanguages,andtocleartheobstacle,variousmethodologieshavetraditionallybeenproposedandutilized.ThispaperclaimsthattheQuizletapplication,amobileandweb-basedstudyapplication,canbeaveryusefultooltoassiststudentstoputintopracticetheseage-oldmethodsofstudyingaforeignlanguagewhoselinguisticdistanceisgreatfromstudents'nativelanguage,byreportingtheuseoftheapplicationinEnglishclassesforJapanesespeakers.KeywordsEnglishEducation,SpeakingInstructions,ListeningInstructions,Quizlet