抄録
In this global society, the students at National College of Technology are required to have not onlytechnical skills but also English communication skills and kokusairyoku, in other words, the ability to understanddifferent cultures, such as customs, traditions, religions, and cultural values, from different points of views. In thispaper, the kokusairyoku of the younger students at National Colleges of Technology is examined. Theseparticipants are those who have participated in the Short Overseas Study Program inMalaysia in 2011 or 2012. Thesame questionnaire was conducted in both years. Moreover, the questionnaire was conducted twice: before andafter each program, and all of the participants answered these questionnaires. The results show that the students'kokusairyoku have been improved after the Short Overseas Study Program inMalaysia.
