Toyohashi University of Technology,
Institute for Global Network Innovation inTechnology Education

News from QC（Vol.1 2014/10/1）

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Activity Report, vol. 1Junji Sasano, Toyohashi University of Technology
I’m Junji Sasano, an assistant professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering ofToyohashi University of Technology (Toyohashi Tech). I’m a sole participant fromToyohashi Tech. in the training program, Long-term Faculty Development Program fornurturing global education and research abilities. So, I’m going to report what I havelearned and felt through this program from the viewpoint of a member of ToyohashiTech.
This program aims at not only enhancing teachers’ English skills which is necessary
for providing education in English but also widening teachers’ international
perspectives and making them learn effective educational methods as demands for
global human resources are increasing. In this program, firstly, the participants takethree months of English training in Toyohashi Tech. Secondly, they take six months oftraining at Queens College (QC) in New York City. Finally, they are planned to provide
lectures in English at TUT-USM
Penang. This year, ten teachers
selected from different NationalColleges of Technology participate
in this program. I’m supposed totake trainings with them and also
to support their activities at QC asa participant from Toyohashi Tech.
In this first report, I would liketo introduce our three months’
Englishtraining

atToyohashi

Some textbooks used in the training.

Tech.
The three-month training at Toyohashi Tech was provided by the lecturers from ALC
Education Inc. In this training, eleven participants were divided into two groups, andlectures were given in two classes in parallel. Before the training, we took exams ofTelephone Standard Speaking Test (TSST) and TOEIC IP Test. These results will beused as standards to evaluate the effect of our learning. In TSST, we answer to ten
questions provided by the automatic phone system in 45 seconds for each question in
English. However, it was difficult for me to answer these questions. So, I felt strongpressure from this exam. Moreover, since this was the first experience for me to take
TOEIC test, it was difficult to keep my concentration. This might be due to my age.
The English training got started from the beginning of April. At first, Global Vision
Training was conducted to reinforce our sense of purpose. Here, each participant
acknowledged his strong and weak points, and recognized the purpose of participating7

his program
m. After thatt, we took ttwo intensive classes ofo Rhythm and Beat (RR&B)
in thand Creative Speaking. In R&B T
Training, wew practiced to get accustome
ed toacteristic sounds
sof English
Esucch as inton
nations andd accents, aand in Cre
eativecharaSpea
aking, we leearned how to carry onn conversations. Then, general claasses starte
ed. Inthe ggeneral classses, some teachers,
tna
ative Englissh speakers, taught us several subbjects
such as Academmic Writing, Study Skillls, Communnication, Prresentation and Teachiing inEFinnally, in thee middle of June,
Engllish, which are multiple aspects off practical English.
we ga
ave mock leectures calle
ed as Showccase Wrap-uup. Since ma
any teacherrs of Departtment
of M
Mechanical Engineering
Eg attended when I gav
ve a lecturee, I really aappreciated theiratten
ndance but also felt nerrvous a lot, leading to unfortunate
ue consequennce.
Annyway, all of the morrning hourss were com
mpletely occu
upied by th
he lectures fromMond
day to Frid
day during the trainin
ng period, anda
also wew had afterrnoon classses inseverral days. Moreover,M
wew had to sspent consiiderable tim
me to deal with home
ework
assig
gned every day and to prepare foor the preseentations annd the mocck lectures. So, I
thought the traiining was much
mharderr than I had
d expected. On the othher hand, I feelfitb
parts off this progra
am that I coould create a good relattionship witth thewas oone of the bestotherr members through thee three-mon
nth trainingg.
Frrom the next issue, I will report topics abouut the trainning at QC and life inn New
York.
QC
C Letters, No.
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National In
nstitute of Technology,TN
Nagaoka Co
ollegeShin-ichi Akazawa, Nkawara, Nattional Instittute of Techhnology, Kittakyushu Coollege
Toru OkFirsttHeello everyonne. Shin-ichi Akazawa and Toru Okawara
Owiill describe the objectiv
ves ofthe eentire projecct and our activities
aovver the past few monthss at Toyohasshi Universsity ofTechnology (TUT) and Queens Collegee (QC), City University
y of New Yorrk.
Objectives
Th
he project, whichw
is callled as “Longg-termFacu
ulty

Deveelopment

Programfor

nurtu
uring global educatioon and ressearchabilitties in National Institu
ute of Technnology”sponsored by TUT,TNagao
oka Universsity ofN, is aimi ng toTechnology and KOSEN
uire teachinng skills an
nd techniquues foracquneering edu
ucation in English prrior toenginlauncch “Englishh only lectuures” at NaationalInstiitute of Teechnology. We have eleven8nees in this term (20144-15) from tten differen
nt KOSEN campusescannd TUT. WeW hadtrain
alrea
ady completted a pre-trraining at T
TUT for 3 months.
mAt thet trainingg, we had learnt
severral English
h skills such as “How to Teach ini English””, “Academiic Writing”, and“Faciilitation”. Now
Nthe prooject is movving onto th
he much moore practicaal training ini theUnited States. AfterAthe inntensive traaining for 6 months, wee will transsfer to TUT--USMversiti Sain
ns Malaysiaa) Penang in order too put our English
Eteaaching plann into(Univactioon. Throughh the 1-ye
ear programm, we willl attempt to consolid
date an En
nglisheducation style suitable forr KOSEN sttudents.
TPre-ttraining at TUT
Th
his informa
ation is pro
ovided for teachers
who intend to ap
pply for thiss project in the next
year.. Everyday, we attend one or twoo English
lectu
ures which offer
ointensiive readingg, writing
and conversatioon skills. Inn our cases , though
as collabora
ating with a TUT
each of us wadhave enough tim
me to doprofeessor, we didn’t
experriments beecause the priority of English
train
ning is highher than th
he researchh in thelaborratory. How
wever, we weere able to ssomehow
deal with the sittuation withh support frrom TUT.
ant to emphaasize
One that we waences
here is that these experie
ently
descrribed abovee are curre
serviing quite immportant rolles in
not oonly English
h classes inn QC
but aalso our dailly lives.
Life at QC
Wee join Eng
glish classess forforeigners at QCC for the first 6ks. At the firstf
day off theweek
classs, we took a placement test.
We were assiigned diffeerentsclassses based on the score.
Classsmates
counntriesw
whoarecame

fromotthermotivatedhighly-m

and

overw
whelming. In additio
on, there are
increedible amou
unt of home
ework everyyday
so thhere is no tim
me to feel reelaxed. Som
me of
you m
might feel thatt
it is exxaggerated. But
once you join the program, you will bee reminiscen
nt of the imp
portance off the hard work.
w9NoticceIn the later leetters, we will
w provide you more informal infformation off our lives ini theUnited States.
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Members of Long-term
L
Faculty
FDeveelopment Pro
ogram for nuurturing globbal educatioon andrresearch abillities（Academic yeary2014）

Toyohhashi Univ.. Tech.,

Junji
J
SASAN
NO,Assistant P
Professor

NIT, Sendai, Hirose,Hideyuki
H
KO
OBAYASHII,Assistant P
Professor

NIT, Tokyo,

Shinichiro
S
M
MITO,Assistant P
Professor

NIT, Nagaoka,

Shin-ichi
SAK
KAZAWA,Associate P
Professor

mizu,NIT, Toyama, Im

ShoichiSFUR
RUYAMA,Associate P
Professor

NIT, Gifu,

Jun
J SAKAM
MOTO,Lecturer

NIT, Toyota,

Yoshitaka
YM
MATSUMOTTO,

Associate P
Professor

NIT, Akashi,Seiji
S
FUJIW
WARA,

Associate P
Professor

NIT, Kochi,

RyushiRKIM
MURA,

Assistant P
Professor

NIT, Ariake,

TsutomuTIW
WASHITA,

Associate P
Professoru
NIT, Kitakyushu

Toru
T
OKAWA
WARA,Assistant P
Professor
National Institute of Te
Technology (NIT))(NToyohashi Universityy of TechnoologyInstitu
ute for Globbal Network
k Innovationn in Technoology Educa
ation
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ation
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barigaoka, Tempaku-cho
To, Toyohashhi, Aichi, Ja
apan
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