There are a lot of opportunities for the University of Hawaii at Manoa students to study abroad in Japan as exchange students. However, they will face many cultural differences when studying abroad and communicating with local people, such as homestay families.
Understanding culture will learn the context that allow us to give the correct meaning to each new vocabulary or phrase we learn in the class. There are many expectations and rules in Japanese culture. It will be significant issues such as misunderstanding cultural differences and their diverse identities if learners do not know and understand them.
This mini-online course will be designed to address the culture shock that international and U.S. university students might be experienced when they study abroad in Japan. The purpose will learn common and unspoken rules that students need to know when they live in Japan and join the Japanese community. The goals of this course are to distinguish the cultural differences, accept and respect them and demonstrate their comprehension at the end of this course.
This session will discuss the instructional goals, objectives, and assessment strategies through modules. It will also share how technologies and various interactive activities will be used to promote students' abilities in a comfortable learning environment.
Moe Kitamura