Peer Language Teaching in a Co-Learning Course for Japanese and International Students

Abstract

In a Japanese language education class, Japanese students and international students engaged in teaching their native languages to each other. This paper reviews the content and implementation of the ‘pear language teaching each other activity’ by international and Japanese students in the class, based on the results of a questionnaire and reflections on the time spent on the activity and the induvial achievement targets for the students. The results of the questionnaire are encouraging, whereas the reflection papers demonstrate enthusiasm.