Developing Foundation Courses for Study Abroad Programs

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The fiscal year 1999 was the last year of this three year project. Therefore we, the research group, have focused our efforts on summarizing the results of the research and in preparing further projects. Particularly worthy of mention was the workshop which was organized in June 1999. The center piece of the workshop was a series of model lectures. That is to say, the methods of teaching developed by each member of the research group were presented not as abstract theories, but by teaching in a classroom to a group of international students. After these model lectures, we discussed how best to incoroprate - and where necessary modify - these methods. Perhaps this was the first time a workshop this kind has been held in Japan. After the workshop each participant was invited to reflect on his or her own teaching techniques and to write up a report which when collected together could provide a manual for teaching which can be shared with others. To correct the English and to unify the style Prof. Bowring at Cambridge University and Prof. Pinnington of the University of Arizona have kindly undertaken the task of editing. We will endeavor to publish the results of the research as a book., both in Japan and the United States. We hope that we can further develop the findings to provide a basis for mutual education between Japanese students and international students, thus going some way to achieving truly international education.