Resarch on Foreign Language Teaching in North America

为了提高广岛大学新设的外语研究和教育研究所的质量，J.L.和J.Y.于1997年9月前往多伦多大学和密歇根州立大学进行为期两周的实况调查使命。研究人员对教师进行了长时间的采访，录制了课程，与研究生和ESL学生交谈，并试图确定这些课程的哪些方面应该被广岛大学采用。M.Y.访问了位于洛杉矶的加州大学（UCLA）和夏威夷大学（UH），以实现几个目标。总的来说，为了在广岛大学建立一个成功的语言教育和研究中心，研究人员有兴趣了解UCLA和UH如何在校园内提供外语培训。具体来说，研究了六个领域：（1）项目管理，（2）评估和测试，（3）研究，开发和课程，（4）人员，（5）设施运营，（6）财务。

In order to improve the quality of Hiroshima University's new Institute for Foreign Language Research and Education, J.L.and J.Y.went on a two-week fact-finding mission to the University of Toronto and Michigan State University in September 1997. The researchers conducted many hours of interviews with faculfy members, videotaped lessons, talked to graduate students and ESL students, and tried to ascertain what aspects of those programs should be adopted by Hiroshima University.P.S.& M.Y.visited University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Hawaii (UH) in order to accomplish several goals. In general, to establish a successful language education and research center at Hiroshima University, the researchers were interested in learning about how UCLA and UH provided foreign language training on their campuses. Specifically, six areas were studies : (1) Program management, (2) Evaluation and testing, (3) Research, development, and the curriculum, (4) personnel, (5) Facility operation, and(6) Finances.