Teachers’ Views on Student Volunteers in Japanese Language Classrooms:

Preliminary Survey Results

Abstract

The results of the evaluation of students for the Japanese language program at Nihon University showed that exchange students highly value the presence of Japanese student volunteers and benefit from interacting with them. Additionally, the volunteers themselves stated that they had gained significant learning by acting as student volunteers. However, the views of teachers on the presence of volunteers in classroom settings remained unclear. Thus, a questionnaire was administered to teachers to ascertain their opinions. The responses revealed that teachers have positive views about volunteer participation regardless of the difficulties encountered in the classroom.