A suggestion on how to foster internationalization of university students by increasing more interests in the global society

• Project/Area Number: 24617009
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 文化学
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University (2013-2014); Kyushu University (2012)
• Principal Investigator: FURUMURA Yumiko 長崎大学, 経済学部, 教授 (30336036)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HOUGHTON Stephanie 佐賀大学, 文化教育学部, 准教授 (00382416) ; NAKANO Hideko 九州女子大学, 共通教育機構, 教授 (20309735) ; YAMADA Etsuko 北海道大学, 留学生センター, 准教授 (70600659)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,290,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 国際化 / 英語教育 / コミュニケーション力 / 異文化教育 / 動画フォーラムサイト / 国際研究者交流 / 異文化間コミュニケーション力 / 中国 / 台湾 / 韓国 / 文化次元 / 留学 / プレゼンテーション / 国際情報交換 / 国際化推進 / フォーラムサイト / 異文化間コミュニケーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the study is to explore what type of education in foreign language learning would develop language learners’ curiosities about foreign countries in growing globalization and internationalization of the world. The reason why students studied abroad and why others didn’t were investigated by interviews and questionnaires. The forum site has been established to make Japanese students with foreign students in the course. Changes of students’ recognition of Japan and their partners' countries were found. It was also clarified that this interaction on the forum site has raised many students' curiosity about foreign countries.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Exploring manifestations of curiosity in study abroad as part of intercultural communicative competence. (2014)
  • Author(s): Houghton, S.A.
  • Journal Title: System Volume: 41(3) Pages: 368-382
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2013.12.024
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Writing and Presentation Using‘Web-English’ (2012)
  • Author(s): Nakano, H.
  • Journal Title: Conference Proceedings of ICT for Language Learning Volume: 2012 Pages: 185-188
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] A suggestion on the approach to teaching ICC and EFL taken by non-native teachers (2014)
  • Author(s): Furumura, Y
  • Organizer: 2nd International Symposium on Native-Speakerism
  • Place of Presentation: Saga University (Saga city)
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-29 – 2014-09-30
• [Presentation] 地域の伝統行事についての交流授業 (2014)
  • Author(s): 山田悦子
  • Organizer: 留学生教育学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学（仙台市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-08 – 2014-08-09
• [Presentation] フォーラムサイト上の交流活動が学生の異文化に関する認識に与えた影響に (2014)
  • Author(s): 古村由美子
  • Organizer: 第54回外国語教育メディア学会全国研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡大学（福岡市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-05
• [Presentation] Using the ICC Forum to connect domestic students with foreign students and cultures (2014)
  • Author(s): Furumura, Y.
  • Organizer: 17th Cultnet Seminar Durham 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Durham University(U.K.)
  • Year and Date: 2014-04-27
• [Presentation] フォーラムサイトを活用したコミュニケーション活動について: 国際化推進を目的として (2013)
  • Author(s): 古村由美子
  • Organizer: 外国語教育メディア学会九州・沖縄支部研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 西南学院大学（福岡市早良区）
• [Presentation] The report on Computer Mediated Communication with foreign students (2013)
  • Author(s): Furumura, Y
  • Organizer: WorldCALL 2013
  • Place of Presentation: The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, UK
• [Presentation] The impact of study-abroad on students’ attitude and knowledge as well as English proficiency (2013)
  • Author(s): Furumura, Y.
  • Organizer: The 52nd JACET International Convention 2013
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学（京都市左京区）
• [Presentation] The effects of topics on the development of ‘Critical Cultural Awareness’ in intercultural communication using the ICC Forum: Chat, PPT (2013)
  • Author(s): Furumura, Y. & Nakano, H.
  • Organizer: EUROCALL 2013
  • Place of Presentation: University of Evora, Portugal
• [Presentation] Computer-Mediated Communication between Chinese and Japanese Students (2013)
  • Author(s): Furumura, Y.
  • Organizer: The 19th International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS)
  • Place of Presentation: Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
• [Presentation] How have images of a foreign culture and people living there changed during and after studying abroad? : From the perspective of "Critical Cultural Awareness"
  • Author(s): Furumura, Y.
  • Organizer: The 18th International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS)
  • Place of Presentation: Yuan Se University, Chung-Li, Taiwan.
• [Presentation] Competing values and multiple selves: Making identity-development visible for assessment purposes in foreign language education
  • Author(s): Houghton, S.
  • Organizer: 45th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: University of Southampton, UK.
• [Presentation] English Writing and Presentation Using‘Web-English’
  • Author(s): Nakano, H.
  • Organizer: International Conference ICT for Language Learning
  • Place of Presentation: Florence, Italy.
• [Presentation] What made students get curious about foreign countries?
  • Author(s): Furumura, Y.
  • Organizer: The Fifth CLS International conference (CLaSIC 2012)
  • Place of Presentation: The National University of Singapore, Singapore
• [Presentation] The process from critical cultural awareness to global citizenship
  • Author(s): Yamada, E.
  • Organizer: Intercultural Competence and Interaction
  • Place of Presentation: Shanghai Normal University, China.
• [Book] Remedying negative stereotypes through identifying the origins of stereotypes: From semantic or affective learning? In S. Houghton, Y. Furumura, M. Lebedko, & L. Song (eds.), Developing critical cultural awareness: Managing stereotypes in intercultural (language) education (2013)
  • Author(s): Furumura, Y.
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing