2017 年 5 巻 1 号 p. 1-12
The purpose of this study is to explain the process by which Japanese high school students who had already experienced an overseas exchange program chose a university in an Englsh-speaking-country. 10 university students who had already participated in an exchange program and then had considered spending their whole university life abroad were interviewed. The data were then analyzed with the Modified Grounded Theory Approach. The process was explained as follows: they had developed an image of their future selves through their exchange experiences, especially through the interactive classes they had experienced during the exchange program, and feeling that they would be limited by the learning culture in Japan, had determined that studying abroad for university would help them attain that image.
