Campus Diversity and Global Education: A Case Study of a Japanese Program
Junko Mori (PhD, University of Wisconsin‐Madison) is Professor of Japanese Language and Linguistics and a core member of the Doctoral Program of Second Language Acquisition, University of Wisconsin‐Madison.
Jae DiBello Takeuchi (PhD, University of Wisconsin‐Madison) is Assistant Professor of Japanese, Department of Languages, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
Abstract
The recent influx of international students from Asia to the United States has drastically changed the demographics of students studying languages, including languages other than English, in many large universities. For some languages, it is not uncommon for international students from Asia to constitute more than 50% of current enrollments in a language class. This new reality poses a number of questions, including how to meet students' diverse needs and goals for language study and how to mobilize increasing student diversity to enhance the development of global competence among all students, regardless of country of origin. Using semi‐structured exploratory interviews conducted with domestic and international students of Japanese as a foreign language at an American university, this study investigated the challenges and opportunities presented in the globalized language classroom.
Number of times cited: 1
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