ERIC Number: EJ1138190
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 15
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ISSN: EISSN-2331-186X
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Enhancing Integrative Motivation: The Japanese-American Collaborative Learning Project
Cogent Education, v3 n1 Article 1142361 2016
The Collaborative Learning Project is a language exchange program in which American and Japanese university students have the opportunity to interact with native speakers over the course of a three-week period. This paper reports the outcomes of the Collaborative Learning Project in terms of its effectiveness in fulfilling student expectations and their integrative motivation, i.e. social and cultural motivation. Using quantitative and qualitative data, this research includes the first project (2012) as a preliminary study, and the second project (2013) as the basis of the formative assessment. In their responses to questionnaires, the majority of the students reported that the program fulfilled their expectations and fostered their integrative motivation. After participating in the project, the participants were motivated to continue learning Japanese and seemed to be more interested in the study abroad program/studying abroad.
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research, Formative Evaluation, Questionnaires, Student Satisfaction, Sensitivity Training, International Educational Exchange, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Motivation, Japanese, English (Second Language), Reflection, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Likert Scales
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan; North Carolina (Charlotte)
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