Preliminary Study for Student's Development of Global Competencies in Higher Education

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520637
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: MATSUMOTO Kumiko 長崎大学, 国際教育リエゾン機構, 准教授 (70295111)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SUKEGAWA Yasuhiko 東北大学, 国際交流センター, 教授 (70241560)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: グローバル人材育成 / 大学の国際化 / 留学生交流

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Colleges and universities in Japan have been trying to internationalize their curricular on campuses and also trying to send their students abroad to meet the needs of global society. This study examined undergraduate student's participation in short-term language study abroad program and on-campus international activity (Conversation Partner Program) in Nagasaki University. The survey was conducted from 2011 to 2013. The analysis of the survey, the both programs have the following features: 1) Participants are able to develop their personal growth; 2) Participants are able to develop global competencies such as cross-cultural awareness, openness, and positive attitude through cross-cultural dialogue and experience.
The results of this study suggest that student's participation in continuous interactions with international students for more than 2 semesters may yield greater perceived benefits than short-term study abroad for student's development of global competencies.

Free Research Field

日本語教育