Survival Course : Integrating Language and Life Skills

Abstract

The first priority of international students is often how to adjust themselves to life in Japan. The presenters introduce Ehime University's Japan Survival Course. The course's main objectives are: (1) to provide students with survival level Japanese language skills and necessary life skills, and (2) to systematically integrate the acquisition of these skills into the class. This course unifies a general support system in place to help students go about their daily lives more easily. The presenters outline the course and show how to accomplish these objectives. They also delineate ways to improve the course in the future.