International Understanding and Multi- cultural co- livingⅡ

International and Japanese students will be broken into groups of about 4–6. Group members will change after a month—each participant will be in three groups. After obtaining information about the week's theme in the first half of the class and in the pre-study period, students will discuss "multicultural coexistence" and "international understanding" in their groups to deepen their understanding by exchanging information and opinions. The course instructors, who have worked at companies in Japan, will also apply their professional experience to guide students.
After each session, students will be given an assignment regarding their opinion on the topic at hand. Moreover, students will also be asked to take multiple eALPS quizzes.
Students will also be split into groups for English discussions. Students who want to engage in discussions in English are welcome to take this
course.
In the second semester of 2024, there were a total of 88 participants, resulting in 18 groups of 5-6 students.

Group work, COIL, communication, multicultural coexistence, reading comprehension, schema, immigrants

Class 1: Guidance, basics of multicultural coexistence
Class 2: Effective self-introduction, multicultural coexistence (1): Ishinogumi Class 3: Japanese for foreigners
Class 4: Multicultural coexistence (2): People of foreign origin near you Class 5: LGBTQ+
Class 6: A society of singles
Class 7: Multicultural coexistence (3): Nationality and identity Class 8: Language
Class 9: Historical perception in the modern age
Class 10: "Reading comprehension" and engagement with foreign countries
Class 11: Multicultural coexistence (4): Language policy for people of foreign origin Class 12: Thinking about peace and happiness in Myanmar and Afghanistan
(12/27, no class)
Classes 13 and 14: Multicultural coexistence (5): What is needed for a happy coexistence with immigrants?
☆ Group work to create slides for presentations
Class 15: Multicultural coexistence (6): Japan in 2050?, final assignment announced (due two weeks later)
☆ Course survey in the last fifteen minutes

Syllabus (Japanese site only)