This study examined the significance and challenges of dialogue activities aimed at fostering agency among international students in dialogic career education settings. The three key topics investigated were: 1. Career education goals vis-à-vis human resources; 2. The purpose of dialogues; and 3. Appropriate design of dialogues. Topic 1. covered career education to foster agency, achieving individual well-being and social contribution in the age of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity). Topic 2. examined the importance of dialogues in career education. Topic 3. illustrated examples of dialogue activities in interactive practice, while analyzing the linguistic phenomena of repetition, paraphrasing, and co-speech, extension, and deepening meaning. The study further investigated aspects of the participants based on qualitative and quantitative analysis related to the number of utterances and topics, topic development, SCT (Student Critical Turn), questions, and learner awareness. The results confirmed participation, extension, and deepening of dialogues. Finally, when designing dialogues, the following were suggested as important: (1) understanding the significance of dialogue, (2) Understanding the quality of dialogue, (3) sharing the purpose of dialogue activities, (4) explaining ground rules for dialogues, (5) activating awareness of and interest in themes, (6) stimulating group composition for investment in dialogues, (7) raising awareness of participant roles in dialogues, (8) Japanese language ability to expand and deepen dialogue, (9) raising awareness of dialogue progress management (important prior to dialogues), and (10) thorough review after a dialogue (crucial).
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