多文化共生の視点による国際理解・国際交流活動の取組〜FSAとしての実践報告2〜

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In order for foreign students in Japan to be able to enjoy productive study and personal life and avoid what is known as social loneliness, it is necessary for them to be able to maintain their own identities, whilst at the same time feeling accepted by Japanese society and the local community. In order to escape from conditions of emotional loneliness, it is necessary for them to be able to secure meaningful friendships that transcend cultural differences in order to share both good times and periods of loneliness and hardship. In this paper, I will discuss some initiatives taken at Suzuka International University that allow exchange students to engage in meaningful cultural exchange activities and overcome such social conditions. Results obtained from questionnaires given to participants in both the "Student Regional Dispatch Program" and the "International Club" will be analyzed from a multicultural coexistence perspective in order to identify which dimensions of these exchanges proved valuable to students, the university and thelocal community. These results will then be utilized to offer a new vision of intercultural exchange and suggest issues for further research.
2012-03-20