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JALT 2016: 42nd Annual International Conference on
Language Teaching and Learning
Nagoya 2016/11/27
The Pedagogical Significance of
Japanese University Students’ Short-
Term Overseas English Programs
Slides NOW available at
http://www.d-vecs.jp/Nishikawa/files/20161127_JALT2016_presentation.pdf/
Masako Nishikawa-Van Eester
Nishogakusha University
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Japanese Students Studying Abroad
(MEXT 2016)
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Japanese Attending Summer (Short-
Term) Overseas Programs 2016 Ryugaku Journal Inc.
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Nishogakusha University
A Three-Week Program in Australia
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A Three-Week Program in Australia
Intensive English training course as
one of the major projects in the
university’s“SpecialEnglishProgram”
launched in the AY 2013
– targeted non-Eng. majored Sts
Where: Brisbane, Australia
When: August
How much: 530,000JPY - (2015)
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A Three-Week Program in Australia
In Tokyo
o Before going
• Orientation x 3 (self-introduction-essay writing,
interviews, etc)
• Seminar and Guidance by a guest lecturer
regarding the security and risk management
abroad
http://www.nishogakusha-u.ac.jp/news/h27kikikanri_seminar2.htm
o After coming back
• Presentation
• Submission of the assignments
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Seminar at our university (Tokyo)
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A Three-Week Program in Australia
Closed class system (vs. Open class)
- at the official attached language
school (TESOL department) of one of
the largest universities in Australia
(world ranking: #46
http://www.topuniversities.com/)
Home stay (the accommodation
office)
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A Three-Week Program in Australia
Class size: max 19
Home stay (the accommodation
office)
A.M.: class meetings (lessons)
P.M.: class meeting (lesson) plus
activities after school
Lunch at Food Court (AUS$10 - )
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A Three-Week Program in Australia
“OutsideClassroom”activitiessuch
as city walk (and reporting back in the
class) and school excursions (a day
trip to the rainforest, zoo, etc.)
Lecture by one of the university
teaching staff researching the
historical background of the relation
between Japan and Australia
(90 min x 2)
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Tokyo Staff in Brisbane
2 instructors from Tokyo & 1
administrator univ. office staff
(International Center)
o 1st half: 1st instructor & 1 administrator
o 2nd half: 2nd instructor (1 day overlap)
oCoordination (going in-between)
o Assistance
o Evaluation (both the language school
and our students)
2 credits x 2 courses back in Tokyo
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Students’dailywork
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Students’dailywork
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Students’dailywork
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Students’dailywork
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Students’Comments
and Self-Evaluation English proficiency
o Pre-test (placement test) & Post-test
(evaluation): only a tiny difference (slightly
improved)
o 4 skills (improved or not)
Reading – not really
Writing – no
Speaking – yes !
Listening – possibly
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Students’Comments
and Self-Evaluation
• “Inthebeginning,IwastooshyandIgot
oftenfrozenwhenIhadtosay…,BUT,
afterthefirstweek,…..”
• “Iwassonervousandalmostgoingtocry
when I met my host family for the first
time,BUT,…“
• “WhenIrealizedthatIhadnochoice,I
startedspeakingEnglish.”
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Students’Comments
and Self-Evaluation • “TheAustralianteacherswereingeneral
so easy to understand (of course some
spokefasteranditwasdifficultthen…”
• “OurAustralianteachersweresuper
friendly, which made us feel at ease
immediatelyafterthefirstlesson.”
• “Bytheendoftheprogram,mostofus
could understand almost everything of
what our teachers (2 female instructors)
said. Masako Nishikawa – Van Eester
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Students’Comments
and Self-Evaluation
• “Myhostfamilyhadanotherforeign
student from China, and she helped me a
lotduringmystayoverthere…”
• “Thelocalpeoplewereabitdifficultto
understand, but in general, they were very
friendly and looked like to be used to
foreigners’Englishes…”
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Students’Comments
and Self-Evaluation
• “Thereisalmostnotimedifference(1
hour) and it was easy (physically) and I
could contact my family without worrying
aboutthetiminginTokyo.”
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Students’Comments
and Self-Evaluation
• “Becausewewerefromasmalluniversity,
I found the host school (univ.) over-
whelming. On campus, they have bus
stations, lakes and hills, shopping streets
and restaurants, supermarkets, a bank, a
post office, a barber, etc. I often got lost in
the univ., but someone helped me –
always. Of course I needed English for
that,whichwasalsoverygood.”
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Students’Comments
and Self-Evaluation
• “Knowingisonethingandrealizingis
another. I had to really understand English
in this context in Brisbane and then I
realized the meaning of living in the
English-speakingenvironment.”
• “WhenIhadaproblemwithmyhost
family, the univ. staff, both Tokyo and
Brisbane,helpedmealotwhileIdidn’t
knowhowtoexplainthesituation.” Masako Nishikawa – Van Eester
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One of the Incidents • One early evening, a student got bitten by
a (stray?) cat.
• It was after all not so serious, but he called
the Tokyo instructor (at a hotel in
Brisbane) in panic.
• As directed, he managed to call an
ambulance(now,thisisAMAZING…)
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Rabies!?
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Last Two Years
• Everyone: It was a wonderful experience.
No regret at all I joined the program
• Most: I want to go back to the univ. in
Brisbane
• Some: I want to go back to Australia.
• A few: I want to go abroad (English
speaking areas) to study
• Most: I want to continue to study English.
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http://www.d-vecs.jp/Nishikawa/ masako.nishikawa@gol.com
Thank you very much !
Masako Nishikawa – Van Eester
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