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Sagliano, Michael; Greenfield, Kathleen – TESOL Journal, 1998
Describes a team-taught immersion-style, content-based program in English as a foreign language (EFL) in a Japanese college liberal arts curriculum. The collaborative model of content-based instruction differs from the typical theme-based, sheltered, and adjunct models in its educational goals and instructional format. Suggestions are made for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Second Language Programs, Course Content
Shirai, Hiroaki; Tanabu, Motonari; Terano, Takao; Kuno, Yasushi; Suzuki, Hisatoshi; Tsuda, Kazuhiko – Simulation & Gaming, 2003
This article describes the authors' experience of developing a business gaming course for business people in Japan. The course that was developed consists of (a) simple gaming experiments among multiple students using ALEXANDER ISLANDS, a tiny business game on the World Wide Web; (b) lectures to make the students understand the core concepts of…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Foreign Countries, Games, Computer Games
Nakajima, Setsuko – 1994
A course designed to teach survival Japanese language and culture to businessmen and professionals with little time for language study is described. The goals were to teach survival vocabulary and a few basic sentence structures and to develop the learners' pragmatic competence in using them. Portions of a commercial textbook were used for…
Descriptors: Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Conversational Language Courses

Biochemical Education, 1987
Reports on a workshop held in Japan by the Committee of Education of the International Union of Biochemistry. Discusses some of the success of biochemistry in Japan. Describes the day-by-day schedule of the workshop and emphasizes the undergraduate, graduate, and research program in Japan. (TW)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Brain Hemisphere Functions, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction
Klimes, Rudolf E. – 1978
Although Japanese junior colleges differ from American junior colleges in that they are smaller, more often privately owned, have larger female enrollments, and offer a greater number of home economics and English courses, much can be learned from the Japanese accreditation system. An accreditation self-study eventually takes the form of an…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Policy, College Curriculum

Ito, Kinko – Teaching Sociology, 1993
Asserts that the United States and Japan exist in a symbiotic partnership and that sociology courses provide an excellent opportunity to teach about multicultural issues. Describes a college-level course on the sociology of Japan. Discusses teaching methods, instructional materials, and the potential for team-teaching. (CFR)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Cultural Differences
Layzer, Carolyn; Sharkey, Judy – 1996
Experiences in teaching a first-year reading course in the intensive English program at Kansai Gaidai Junior College (Japan) are discussed. In the period described, there were six classes of 16 students each. A proficiency-oriented approach incorporating a learner development component was adopted to facilitate the transition from traditional…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Course Descriptions
Nel, Johanna; Seckinger, Donald S. – 1993
This paper presents a culturally adapted curricular/pedagogical model of a traditional foundations of education course. It was developed as a result of a college of education's commitment to internationalize its curriculum and to broaden global and cross-cultural experiences for preservice teachers, in order to enhance the knowledge, skills, and…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Course Descriptions
Adamson, Charles – 1998
A two-semester English-for-Special-Purposes (ESP) course designed for nursing students at a Japanese university is described, including the origins and development of the course, text development, and teaching methods. The content-based course was designed to meet licensure requirements for English language training, emphasized listening and…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Allied Health Occupations Education, Classroom Techniques, Course Descriptions
Sawyer, Doug – 1998
A two-semester course in English composition offered in a Japanese university is described. The course is designed to transition students from minimal skills in communicative writing at program entry to a course in field-specific technical writing by exposing students to several writing genres. Key activities of the course include pre- and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, English for Academic Purposes
Hayes, Tom; Cargile, Jill – 1998
This paper discusses the use of standardized testing in a university-based executive training program in Japan. The program is an English language, cross-cultural, and business training program offered to Japanese and Chinese businesspersons preparing to enter the international business world. Reports on students, sent to their companies,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Course Descriptions, Cross Cultural Training
Koike, Shohei – 1990
Cultural competence in business Japanese requires more than superficial knowledge of business etiquette. One must truly understand why Japanese people think and act differently from their American counterparts. For example, instruction in the use of Japanese taxis must be accompanied by instruction in the concept and implications of seating order…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Curriculum
Altbach, Philip G. – 1983
The comparative higher education course offered at the State University of New York at Buffalo is briefly described, and a course schedule is presented, including required and recommended readings for each topic. The course is intended to provide a broad cross-cultural perspective and considers the growth and development of universities in Europe,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Activism, Case Studies, Change Strategies