DEVELOPING GLOBAL ENGINEERS THROUGH
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION: THE UNIVERSITY
OF CINCINNATI JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND
CULTURE MODEL
NORIKO FUJIOKA-ITO
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS
(1)
Expert teaching style
+ Mathematics/Computer science
+ Arts/Music/Theater
- Humanities
- Education
Facilitator and Delegator teaching style
- Mathematics/Computer sciences
+ Education
+ Arts/Music/Theater
No significant differences in the profiles of students majoring in a
variety of academic disciplines
(Grasha, 1996)
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CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS
(2)
Competitive learning style
- Humanities
Collaborative learning style
- Humanities
Avoidant learning style
- Humanities
+ Engineering, Science
Dependent learning style
+ Engineering, Science
(Fujioka, 2000)
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CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS
(3)
Certain Knowledge Belief
- Social science, Humanities
+ Engineering, Business
(Jehng, Johnson, & Anderson, 1993)
+ Engineering, Science
(Fujioka, 2000)
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INTERNATIONAL CO-OP PROGRAM JAPANESE (ICP)
JAPANESE PROGRAM
PROPORTIONAL SYLLABUS
Elementary
Level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Level
Advanced
Level
Linguistic form
Communicative function
Three Levels in a Balanced System (Yalden, 1980)
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QUARTER COURSE CURRICULUM
Course
Duration
Materials
Summer
Intensive
６ weeks
３０hrs/ week
Total: １８０hrs
-Genki 1: Integrated Course in
Elementary Japanese
-The Japanese Today
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QUARTER COURSE CURRICULUM
Course
Duration
Materials
Summer
Intensive
６ weeks
３０hrs/ week
Total: １８０hrs
-Genki 1: Integrated Course in
Elementary Japanese
-The Japanese Today
Fall Quarter
１０ weeks
３hrs/ week
Total: ３０hrs
-Genki 1
-Getting Down to business:
Japanese for Business People
-Video etc.
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QUARTER COURSE CURRICULUM
Course
Duration
Materials
Summer
Intensive
６ weeks
３０hrs/ week
Total: １８０hrs
-Genki 1: Integrated Course in
Elementary Japanese
-The Japanese Today
Fall Quarter
１０ weeks
３hrs/ week
Total: ３０hrs
-Genki 1
-Getting Down to business:
Japanese for Business People
-Video etc.
Winter Quarter
１０ weeks
３hrs/ week
Total: ３０hrs
-Getting Down to business:
Japanese for Business People
-Video, websites, etc.
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QUARTER COURSE CURRICULUM
Course
Duration
Materials
Summer
Intensive
６ weeks
３０hrs/ week
Total: １８０hrs
-Genki 1: Integrated Course in
Elementary Japanese
-The Japanese Today
Fall Quarter
１０ weeks
３hrs/ week
Total: ３０hrs
-Genki 1
-Getting Down to business:
Japanese for Business People
-Video etc.
Winter Quarter
１０ weeks
３hrs/ week
Total: ３０hrs
-Getting Down to business:
Japanese for Business People
-Video, websites, etc.
Spring
Intensive
２ weeks
３０hrs/ week
Total: ６０hrs
-Getting Down to business:
Japanese for Business People
-Video etc.
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SPRING INTENSIVE COURSE
Sites to Visit
Companies: Sony, Nomura Global Business Services, High Energy Accelerator
Research Organization, Japan Manned Space System Corporation, Sekisui
Chemical Company, Suntory, Toyota, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Bank of Japan, etc.
Universities, Laboratories: University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Chuo
University, Kogakuin University, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, etc.
Museums: Tokyo National Museum, Edo-Tokyo Museum, TEPIA, Science Museum,
Tokyo National Museum, etc.
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SELF-LEARNING RESOURCES
•
English-Japanese Quick Reference Dictionary
http://www.uc.edu/propractice/icp/resources/EJ%20Engineering%20Dictionary%20
v3.4%20-%20Apr%202008.pdf
•
Engineering Dictionary Vocabulary Building Exercises
http://homepages.uc.edu/~markovjo/ICP/vocabulary.html
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SEMESTER COURSE CURRICULUM
Course
Duration
Materials
Spring
Semester
-Genki 1: Integrated Course in
１4 weeks
160mins/ week Elementary Japanese
Total: 45hrs
Summer
Intensive
６ weeks
３０hrs/ week
Total: １８０hrs
-Curriculum developed based on
CEFR (Common European
Framework of Reference for
Languages) by the Japanese
language school in Tokyo
Fall Semester
１4 weeks
160minus/
week
Total: 45hrs
-Tobira Gateway to Advanced
Japanese: Learning Through
Content and Multimedia
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SEMESTER COURSE CURRICULUM ー FALL SEMESTER
Textbook: Tobira Gateway to Advanced Japanese: Learning Through Content and
Multimedia
Chapter 1: Japanese Geography
Chapter 2: Japanese Speech Styles
Chapter 3: Japanese Technology
Chapter 5: Japanese Food
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