Cross-cultural Understanding, E-mail, Video-producing, Homestay, Practical English Education
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Cross-Cultural Education through E-mail : Introduction to School Experiment
抄録
Studying English via the internet is becoming more and more popular all over the world. The internet enables people to "converse" with native speakers of English, sometimes on a real-time basis. In a recent study, students at Nagano National College of Technology greatly expanded their knowledge of current American language and culture by communicating with American high school students by e-mail. Initially, this study entitled an "e-mail exchange program" with the students of Mr. Douglas, a Japanese language teacher at Curtis Senior High School in Tacoma, Washington, USA. This e-mail exchange was later supplemented by a student-produced video about Nagano College of Technology that was made for the students at Curtis Senior High School. As a result of the e-mail exchange program, the American students traveled to Nagano for a few days-long home stay. The purpose of this study was to determine how e-mail could be used to study English and to gain insight into a different culture. The information gathered about this culture was then compared to our own, Japanese Culture. This paper describes how e-mail might be used to cultivate a cross-cultural understanding between Japanese students and people of other cultures.
E-mailを利用した異文化理解教育 : Curtis高校との交流を通しての英語教育の実践
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