The effect of international communication via chat translator systems on prejudice reduction

在研究1中，我们开发了一个培训计划，以提高在线国际交流技能和聊天翻译系统用户的素养。在研究2中，为了调查该方案的效果，我们进行了实验，41对日本和韩国的女学生参加。每个日本学生都通过聊天翻译系统与她配对的韩国学生进行交流。结果，接受过该计划培训的学生（即。例如，培训组）认为沟通明显比那些没有受过培训的人容易（i.例如，对照组）。此外，通过交流，训练组学生与对方国家学生的亲近感有所增加，而对照组学生没有这种增加。

In study 1, we developed a training program for improving the online international communication skills and literacy of chat translator system users. In study 2, in order to investigate the effect of the program, we conducted the experiment where 41 pairs of Japanese and South Korean female students participated. Each Japanese student was made communicate with the Korean student paired with her via a chat translator system. As the result, the students who had been trained with the program(i. e., training group) regarded the communication as significantly easier than those who had not been trained(i. e., control group). Moreover, the students of training group increased their feeling of closeness to the students from their counterpart country through the communication, while such increase was not found as to the control group.