Development of the Objectives/Descriptors/Evaluation Criteria for Teaching Critical Thinking and Intercultural Competence in Foreign Langauge Education

本项目的目的是为日本大学生开发批判性思维和跨文化能力的框架、教材和评估工具。我们首先构建了适合日本EFL情况的目标和标准，首先参考了在欧洲广泛使用的FREPA项目，然后考察了北美可用的各种批判性思维测试。最初的描述符暂定清单分为3个部分，29项：解决跨文化交际中的问题所需的知识、态度和思维技能。在对许多教师和学生进行问卷调查和访谈后，对这些项目进行了定性和定量的验证，以进行适当的修改和调整。我们还根据提出的目标，经过一系列的试点，为不同类型的课程制作了教材和评估工具，最终得出了几种通用的教学模式。

The aim of this project is to develop a framework, teaching materials and evaluation tools for critical thinking and intercultural competence for Japanese university students. We started out constructing objectives and criteria tailored to the Japanese EFL situation, first by referring to the FREPA items widely used in Europe and secondly, looking into various critical thinking tests available in North America. The initial, tentative list of descriptors has 29 items in 3 sections: knowledge, attitudes and thinking skills required to solve problems in intercultural communication. These items were validated both qualitatively and quantitatively for adequate modifications and adjustments after conducting questionnaire surveys and interviews with many teachers and students. We have also created the teaching materials and assessment tools for different types of courses based on the proposed objectives after a series of piloting, finally arriving at several generalized instructional models.