Developing Foundation Courses for Study Abroad Programs

1999财政年度是这一三年项目的最后一年。因此，我们作为研究小组，集中精力总结研究结果，并准备进一步的项目。特别值得一提的是1999年6月组织的讲习班。研讨会的中心是一系列的模范讲座。也就是说，研究小组的每个成员开发的教学方法不是作为抽象的理论提出的，而是通过在课堂上向一群国际学生教授的方式提出的。在这些示范讲座之后，我们讨论了如何最好地整合--并在必要时修改--这些方法。这可能是日本第一次举办这样的研讨会。讲习班结束后，请每位与会者反思自己的教学技巧，并撰写一份报告，收集起来后可提供一份教学手册，供其他人分享。为了纠正英文，统一风格，剑桥大学的鲍林教授和亚利桑那大学的平宁顿教授诚挚地承担了编辑工作。我们将努力将研究结果以书籍的形式在日本和美国出版。我们希望能够进一步发展研究结果，为日本学生和国际学生之间的相互教育提供依据，从而在一定程度上实现真正的国际化教育。

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.