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Accepted Paper
Video conferencing discussions for cross-cultural understanding and Japanese language education: adopting deep active learning [JP]
Miho Fukagawa
(Kanazawa University)
Kenji Kawamoto
(Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University)
Kanae Miura
(Kanazawa University)
Paper short abstract
Adopting the concept of Deep Active Learning, this presentation discusses a practical method for and the educational benefits of cross-cultural understanding in video conferencing for both Japanese university students and language education for Turkish Japanese language learners.
Paper long abstract
In this presentation, we attempt to clarify what changes are seen in the socio-cultural perspectives and understanding of others among students as a result of incorporating Deep Active Learning into discussions using remote video conferencing for the purpose of cross-cultural education for Japanese university students and Japanese language education for Turkish students. These video conference discussions began in 2011, but now, in order to go beyond a superficial exchange of cultural information, we have begun using a series of three discussions rather than single one. At the same time, participants exchange ideas several times on forums using e-learning systems both before and after these discussions, ensuring long-term, sustained contact times. These discussions were carried out from December 2016 to January 2017 by 12 Japanese university students and 8 Japanese language students at a Turkish university. Participants were divided into two groups, and discussed issues in Japanese. As a result of the observation and reports and interview comments by participants, as the sessions went on, the participants deepened their understanding of others. Additionally, they came to a new awareness and understanding of their own country and society. Moreover, we confirmed that this sequence of learning activities, starting with learner-based discovery of discussion topics, the construction of a discussion with the collaboration of others, and then the deepening of understanding through conversations with students in another country, both permits a deep approach to study and, at the same time, provides chances for students of Japanese living abroad to achieve actual contact with Japan and Japanese of their own age, allowing a deeper level of learning about Japan through a holistic learning style based on their command and understanding of the Japanese language.
IT & Language learning and teaching: materials and course design V
Session 1 Saturday 2 September, 2017, -