Issues for Training Sessions for Local Volunteer Organizations with a Long History of Activity

Abstract

Volunteer organizations that have been long active hold study sessions and workshops to introduce new ideas, but it is difficult for them to adopt advanced activities. Recent trends in Japanese language education were introduced at a workshop for such a volunteer organization. Based on interviews of the participants after the workshop, we considered the best way to conduct such a workshop in order to incorporate new trends into the organization’s activities. It was confirmed that it would be appropriate for the workshop leader to take a bottom-up approach, building on the participants' existing knowledge of the field to connect it to the new idea.