Development of Teaching Materials for Collaborative Activities between International Students and Volunteers in Elementary Classes

Abstract

This paper introduces teaching materials for class of elementary level of Japanese to promote collaborative activities between volunteers and international students. The university course in which the trial was conducted actively promoted collaboration between international students and volunteers. The post course evaluation shows high support from both parties. However, it is not always easy to dispel participants' hesitation and create a collaborative classroom setting. The teaching materials reported attempt to resolve these issues by giving both parties identical goals and common tasks while information they were asked to provide was equal in quality and quantity.