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probrems Japanese students have (Learning time is less (The current…
probrems Japanese students have
Learning time is less
The current situation
Daily learning time set by the Japanese government → 8 hours
Averabe daily learning time of university students → 4.6 houres
Self study → 1.0 hour
2 out of 3 university students don't have enough time to study in japan
Cause
Company
Don't use university grades as the criteria for employment
Student
Think studying as meaningless
Choose lecture which are easy to get credits
Profeccor
Give credits to students easily so that the number of people taking his lecture will not decrease
Focus on his own research rather than education
University
Give credits to students who even don't study ,and make them graduate in order not to destroy the image of the university
Solution
University
Provide information to companies as to which lectures are conducting appropriate evaluation in order for companies to pay attention to the university grades
Individual
Have clear goals in the future gathering information with books and the Internet , or participating in study abroad and Intership
Low English ability
Cause
Have less oppotunities to speak English
Island country
Japan has conservative culuture
Have excessive negative feeling about talking with foreigners
Leaning form focusing not on sound but on grammars
Solution
University
Accept many foreign students
increase oppotunities to study abroad
Individual
Understand English sentences in English , not translate Japanese in the brain
Take various tests including not only mark-style but also speaking style
Think positive about studying abroad
The current situation
Reading ◯
Practical skills , for example Speaking and Listening ×
Poor aggressiveness and communication skills
Cause
Japan
Fear of making mistakes and being watched by everyone
Japanese conservative culture
America
Discussion-style classes with a few people
Solution
Individual
Have clear goals to improve communicationskill and say own opinion freely and actively
University
Adopt activities to cooperate with others
adopt discussion-style classes
The current situation
America
Good at telling own oppinion to others
Even if not called on , many students ask questions or say oppinions
Japan
No one ask a question in question and answer time
Low ability to summarize and tell others own opinions
Because of fear of making mistakes and embarrassment , students hardly speak in classes
Many students don’t listen to lectures
Cause
Japan
Many passive lessons that professor speak one-sidely
Few lessons to make students think deeply or tell their opinions
Even without going to lectures , students can get grades only by reports and tests
America
Interactive style classes with a small number of students
Solution
Univesity
Change a system where constant effots will be evaluated
Adopt interactive style classes with a small number of students in order to make students think more deeply and tell their oppinions
Individual
Find and understand deeply about interesting areas by researching with books and the Internet , or participating Intership
The current situation
Japan
Many students use their smartphones , sleep , do homework in lectures
America
Almost all students take lectures earnestly