Teaching the Middle East from a Viewpoint of Cross-cultural Understanding through Introducing a Language Learning - An Educational Experiment

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22652057
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Foreign language education
Research Institution	Kumamoto University
Principal Investigator	KOWAKI Mitsuo 熊本大学, 国際化推進センター, 教授 (30136030)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,440,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Keywords	中東 / 歴史 / 文化 / 宗教 / 異文化理解 / 外国語教育 / 外国語 / 教育実践 / 中東の文化 / ユダヤ / イスラーム
Research Abstract	I carried out an educational experiment to give freshmen a betterunderstanding of the Middle East as a different culture. Through the experiment Ideveloped appropriate materials focusing on close Japan-Middle East relations in variousaspects together with the current situation in the area. I introduced in this experiment,in addition, an active learning of the Arabic characters. The experiment was greatlyeffective in attracting students’interest in the modern Middle East