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A Report on Long-Term Faculty Development Program for Nurturing Global
Education and Research Abilities in 2017
Tamio Iida, National Institute of Technology, Gifu College NetAcademy 2 (Online multimedia English

1. Outline of Program

learning system)

The long-term faculty development programfor nurturing global education and researchThe observation of English classes in TUT

abilities that started in 2014 with the aim of

To communicate with TUT exchange students

reformingWriting assignment

theeducationalsystemincorporation with Toyohashi University of Collaborative research with TUT Mentor

Technology, Nagaoka University of Technology

professor.

and the National Institute of Technology, hasOnline English conversation (Rarejob)

reached the fourth year. This year, three

Show case wrap up
In the first month, we learned pronunciation,

National Institute of Technology professors

how to build English for speaking, basic

participated in this Global FD program.
Three training sessions are included in thisacademic writing techniques and so on at

program in a year. First of all, a 3-month (Apr. -intensive courses of ALC. Thereafter, weJune) prior English training was held atmainly learned how to organize for English

Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT).

classes and effective way of presentation at

After that, we moved on to English training for

regular classes of ALC. Last year, exchangea 6-month (July – Dec.) at Queens College

students came from QC in June, however, no(QC) in New York City. Finally, at TUT-USM

one visit this year unfortunately.

Penang in Malaysia, we conduct class inEnglish as on-the-job training for a 3-month(Jan. – Mar.). The detailed reports on the priorEnglish training at TUT and the first half theEnglish training at QC will be described asfollows.
2. The prior English training at TUT
The contents of the prior English training at
TUT are shown below.
 Taking TOEIC IP

Farewell party for GFD member English class by ALC
 Rhythm and Beat in English

3. The English Training at QC

 Creative Speaking

The English training at QC provides 2 Teaching in English

different training programs for summer and fall.

 Effective Writing

We took classes at English Language Institute Presenting & Teaching Simulation(ELI) of QC for nonnative speakers during thesummer.
1Then,

wewillparticipateinundergraduate

classesatQC

fromfall.

not understand the contents of the conversation

Incidentally, this English training during thisfor my classmates who answered any questions

summer was held together with "The Top

easily. However, I was able to get a sense ofGlobal University Project in TUT" and "ELI ofaccomplishment by managing to finish it apart

QC Short term English training in Nationalfrom improved listening and speaking skills.

Institute of Technology," and a total of 16

In addition, as part of extracurricularpeople participated.

activities, ice cream party, karaoke party, etc.

A day after arriving in New York the teachers

were held and we were able to have a rich and a

who will support us about this program in QC

fun content in the first half of English training.

held welcome party for us, and we introduced
ourselves. And the next day we took placementexam. This placement exam which includes
composition, aural, structure and CLOZE took
about 3 hours from the morning. We weredivided into 7 levels of English skill according
to the result of this exam. After the exam wasover, I remember that I quite became emaciatedby reason of relief and jet lag.
In classes of ELI, we learned about reading,writing, listening, speaking. Regarding reading

Japanese group singing

and writing, I mainly learned grammar andat a karaoke party

vocabulary, the rest to write summaries about
reading newspaper, to learn how to write
composition and so on. As for the content ofgrammar it was not so difficult, but the degreeof difficulty rose because it was explained inEnglish. Moreover, the articles used in theclasses were well designed and showed useful
topics for practical use, for example crime
prevention in the New York and precautions inthe summer sea. As for the composition, I had

Group photo with Prof. Robintrouble with leaning it because I had hardly

and classmatesdone anything it so far, but studying the way of
From September, the fall semester will begin.

thinking of the composition and how to use theThere are a lot of things to learn, such as taking

conjunction was very helpful for me.
The class of listening and speaking was thecourses of major subject for a credit andgreatest difficulties for me, and I could hardly

observation at QC, training on teaching

follow it at first. In that class, we listened to amethodology in English. I am grateful that you

conversation for a few minutes and an

have given me this kind of opportunity and I

interview with a TV program, and we had to dowill do my best in the second half of English

content questions and discussions soon. Iteaching.

remember that feeling despair because I could2English learning at Queens CollegeKenji Kashine, National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College
The second stage of our Global Faculty

8:30 to 11:30 in the morning and from 12:30 toDevelopment (GFD) program began on July

15:30 in the afternoon every day. We have two

4th in Queens College (QC) in New York. We

subjects for each class. One of the class is

are going to improve our English skill and learn

listening and speaking, and another is reading

about teaching techniques in English until theand writing. Both classes have many kinds ofend of this December. This stage can be divided

subjects and activities such as grammar,into two parts. One of the parts is learning

quizzes, discussion, and presentation. Most ofEnglish at the English Language Institute (ELI)

the class activities were carried out in pair work

in QC from July to August. Another part isor group work with other students, so that I had

attending from September to December thea chance to learn not only English but also

lectures that are offered in technical subjects toforeign culture and their attitudes. In these classstudents enrolled in QC, to improve oursubjects, the English writing was a hard task forteaching skill. In addition, through this stage,me, because I had never learned about it in

we have extra study in collaboration with aJapan. In English writing, we have to choose amentor to develop a new study subject or tomain topic quickly and describe the topic

improve our own studies. The mentor, who is adetails logically and with our own opinion.

professor of QC, gives us some advice

Therefore, we must have not only English

concerning the GFD program. In this report, I

grammar knowledge but also the skill ofwould like to tell about learning English in ELI.

summarizing our own idea in paragraph andWe participated in the summer program

essay form. Although English writing iswhich is provided by ELI for teaching English

difficult, it can improve my English skill

as a second language to non-native speakers.

effectively. Therefore, I tried to learn thisThe students of this program are overseas

subject as best I can. Those classes have theirstudents and immigrants that come from allown homework assignment every time. The

over the world. Many of these students arehomework is an important part of class activity.

young people who want to improve their

Therefore, we must study English after every

English skills for their own future careers. We

day’s class.

can learn about English listening, speaking,Through this summer program, I think I cangrammar and writing in this program. Before

improve my English skill. Moreover, I realized

entering this program, we have to take a

the importance of self-study for learningplacement test to decide the class level.

English. Each student must take responsibility

Therefore, we can learn English at a suitablefor his or her own improvement. Therefore,level. The number of students in a class is about

asking questions to the teacher and doing

20. The teachers are native speakers who

homework by oneself are important acts forbelong to QC. There are two classes each day.

improving their skills. I think it is a difference

The time duration of each class is 3 hours, so

between the Japanese education style and thethat we have to participate in the class fromAmerican style.
3I would like to study English more and learn
about the education style of this country
throughout this GFD program.

Fig.1 Classmates in my class.

Toyohashi University of Technology
Institute for Global Network Innovation in Technology Education
Center for International Education
1-1, Hibarigaoka, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
Tel: +81-532-81-5161
Mail: unireform@office.tut.ac.jp

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