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Designing a MOOC as an Online Community to Encourage International Students to Study Abroad
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Fujimoto, Toru; Takahama, Ai; Ara, Yu; Isshiki, Yuri; Nakaya, Kae; Yamauchi, Yuhei – Educational Media International, 2018
In this study, a massive open online course (MOOC) titled "Studying at Japanese Universities" was designed. The purpose of the course was to encourage international students to study in Japan. Accordingly, it is intended to build an online community to afford international students to encourage and support each other and realise their…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Online Courses, Universities
"I Found It!" a Smartphone GPS Treasure-Hunting Game in a Flipped English Class
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Freiermuth, Mark R. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
In this project, 10 female Japanese students in the "Advanced Interpersonal Communication" course at a Japanese university used smartphone technology and a downloaded application to search for containers (called caches or geocaches) that had been hidden near the university campus by their instructor. The instructor placed different…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Telecommunications
Teaching Reading to First Year College English Majors.
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Christensen, Torkil – Journal of Hokusei Junior College, 1992
A required reading course for first-year English majors at Hokusei Junior College (Japan) is described. The course is intended to teach students to survey a text, read through it, form an opinion about its content, and skim portions that are less important. At the same time, students are encouraged to guess at the meaning of unknown vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Freshmen, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)