Abstract
Japanese students need to gain experience studying abroad to foster global human resources. However, the number of overseas students has declined since 2004. As internationalization progresses, it is necessary to develop global human resources to coexist with people with diverse cultural backgrounds. The purpose of this paper is to present a practical inter-cultural education method for the question of how to develop global human resources in university education. This paper examines the relationship between Community Engagement (CE) aimed at improving the Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) required for global human resources, as well as communication skills, and relationship-building skills. This study shows that active participation in CE enhances the experience and improves communication skills, thus reducing anxiety about different cultures. This paper suggests that CE has positive effects on raising communicative competence and generating self-confidence. The author also emphasizes that CE can have the effect of acquiring the competence to be a global human resource since both the intercultural understanding and communication skills can be finally improved.
