Abstract
This paper examines how to enhance the educational effect in the “Japanese Culture and Society” class for international students with the aim of promoting learning motivation and fostering various abilities. Through the introduction of the class method called the active learning and the enforcement of the experience-based class, the international students could understand Japanese culture and society deeply. The comprehensive such as thinking ability, communicative competence, the ability for writing paper have also been strengthened. However, there are still issues such as devising lessons for international students with diverse cultural backgrounds and dependence on teachers' ability and motivation to conduct lessons.
