| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study analyses the impacts of a one-year study abroad bidirectional exchange programme on students’ university lives and how they view the process of accommodating themselves and interacting in a new cultural environment and unfamiliar academic community during their stay. 39 participants, bidirectional exchange students were involved in this longitudinal study and their personal intercultural change, adaptation issues and developmental growth process are examined by Personal Attitude Construct (PAC) analysis (Naito 2002), a qualitative research method, together with in-depth interview at the beginning, middle and end of their Study Abroad period. It has been found that their intercultural learning can be varied and intercultural sensitivity can develop both the degree to which differences is accepted or adapted to, and the depth of the experiences. The findings of the study may be used to make suggestions to future Study Abroad candidates.
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