Toyohashi  University  of  Technology,  Institute  for  Global  Network  Innovation  in  Technology  Education        News  from  Penang  （Vol.2  2015/2/23）  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 3nReports	 Trouble!
Shin-ichi Akazawa, National Institute of Technology, Nagaoka Collegehear my second lecture, and that it should beGo back to Japan!
Jeez!

more advanced.

I was not able to pass through theimmigration gate!

difficult for other participants.

It was a bad thing that IThe lecture at PSPsaid I would teach at a university because Ididn't have a certificate from a university.

However, this may seemIThe participants were more than 100heard for the first time to "Go back to Japan!".

students, and the college was very similar toEventually, the officer allowed me to stayKOSEN.

In addition, the atmosphere wasonly two weeks, but the officer was laughing.

completely different from USM.

No way!

Since I had liked Malaysia, I wasthat my students were the same in the morningshocked.

As a result, I went to Immigrationsession and afternoon session, but the studentsI had heardCenter with members of the TUT stuff, and Iwere different.

got a VISA, finally.

reconstruct my lecture during lunch break.

Lecture overviewHowever, I didn't change my lecture's level;As a result, I had toThe location of the lecture somewhatthis lecture is the last lecture for me at Penang.

depends on the teachers; my lecture sites areFor this reason, I included all the things that IUniversiti Sains Malaysia (USM, engineeringwanted to teach the students.

campus and main campus) and Politekniknaturally filled out the evaluation sheet withSeberang Perai (PSP).

comments such as 'I didn't understand well', 'IOne lecture is twoSome studentshours, and I was in charge of a total of fivewas not interested.' and so on.

lectures.

hand, there were some great warm commentsThe USM is similar to formerImperial Universities, and the PSP is the

such as 'Amazing!

KOSEN.

lecture!

I have never seen such aPlease bring me to Japan!', 'Pleasecome again!!', and so on.

We need two types of lecture: general andOn the otherI succeeded to givespecialized subject, but the main topic is 'Carsome students interest in my field and mytechnology'.

passion.

For this reason, I chose theMy purpose was achieved.

Looking back on lectures'Biofuel' as my main topic.
The lecture at USM'Improving English' was pointed out by thestudents.

The Engineering campus does not have aAlso, I felt from the evaluationmyspecialty.

sheets that the students truly wanted to knowTherefore, I made the lecture easily.

Althoughthe lecture well.

departmentthesameasIn other words, since themy lecture concentrated on the general subject,students had an interest in my lecture, theyI made it more difficult because the campus

reallyhad my specialty.

recognized the importance of proper English.

However, attendees werewantedto

understandwell.

IForHaving said that, I will be able to never teachthis reason, some participants, whose specialtystudents if I stop to teaching until I acquirewas the same as me, told me they wanted toperfect English skills.

only graduated students and Professors.

4At least, I can teachthem important things.

In addition, I wasable to demonstrate my all experiences, whichobtained through the project, to the last lecture.
We have no choice but to improve our Englishwhileteaching.

Iobtainedvaluableexperiences through the project.

5How I im prove m y English in M alaysiaToru Okawara, National Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu CollegeWhen I was in the United States, there were a lot of occasions to use English in my daily life.
Newspapers, TV programs, and an announcement from the school office, everything was English,which means, reading and listening skills grew up spontaneously. It also turns out that, once I lostthe opportunity, I have to figure out another method to improve my English. Here, Pulau Pinang,people speak Malay and Chinese as well as English. Most of people can speak English, but there isno doubt that Malay is the first language in Malaysia. As a consequence, I was facing the problemdescribed above at the first one or two weeks. However, I was able to overcome the situation byediting an English phrase sheet and exposing to other language like Malay. In this report, I’d like toshare my experience with readers.
During a process of making a phrase list, I could go over and recall a lot of useful phrases.
While I was in Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT) and The City College of New York(CUNY), I studied English from native English speakers. I have learnt a ton of English phrasesfrom not only teachers but also friends and laboratory members. Honestly, I have not been taughtmost of the phrases, yet I have a habit of taking note whenever someone says something new for me.
This helped me a lot. During the time, I have collected incredible amount of the new phrases thatcan be used in classroom and laboratory. When I arrived in Pulau Pinang, I started to summarizean English phrase list with colleagues. We have categorized these phrases in terms of situationsand contexts. In the process, I have seen all of the phrases over and over again, and eventually, I gotaccustomed to handling the phrases. I have succeeded in a special lecture at a school in PulauPinang by using these phrases.
Learning Malay helped me to improve my English. Although it sounds strange, I personallystrongly believe that a learning process of other languages also supports acquiring a better Englishskill. Have you ever heard that a student who cannot do well in English cannot do well in Japanese,too? I can say that it’s true from my experience. Learning languages other than English canstimulate our brain. As we study the third or fourth language, we can also notice how English iseasy and useful. Moreover, here I use English when I learn Malay. It makes more opportunity touse English. One more important thing upon learning the other language is that we can get familiarwith the culture and people in Malaysia. To make more chance to speak and good relationship withpeople, I would recommend that we should learn other languages.
In conclusion, I have improved my language skills by going through two experiences, making aphrase list and learning Malay. I can improve my English skills even when I’m in Malaysia. Thereshould be a lot of chances to use English if I want.

Toyohashi University of TechnologyInstitute for Global Network Innovation in Technology EducationCenter for International Education1-1, Hibarigaoka, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi, JapanTel:+81-532-81-5161Mail:unireform@office.tut.ac.jp6