University students’ global citizenship development through long-term study abroad

Ayako Suzuki

doi:10.1515/jelf-2022-2070

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University students’ global citizenship development through long-term study abroad

Ayako Suzuki
Ayako Suzuki, PhD, is Professor in the College of Humanities at Tamagawa University, Japan, and teaches undergraduate and graduate students English for Academic Purposes, sociolinguistics, and multicultural education. At the university, she also serves as Associate Director of Center for English as a Lingua Franca. She has researched and published in the area of ELT, ELF, and intercultural citizenship.

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From the journal Journal of English as a Lingua Franca Volume 11 Issue 1

Abstract

Study abroad (SA) is one of the popular ways for universities to develop their students as global citizens because the experience of sojourning is believed to be able to improve the students’ language skills of English as an international lingua franca as well as global awareness. This paper investigates whether SA can contribute towards the development of global citizenship, focusing on a group of Japanese students’ perceptions of English. This study reveals that SA may need some interventions in order to fulfill the expected role.

要旨

海外留学は、国際共通語である英語の語学力やグローバルな視野を養うことができるとされ、大学における地球市民育成の有効な手段の一つとされている。本研究では、日本人大学生の英語に対する意識に着目し、海外留学が地球市民育成に貢献できるかどうかを検証した。その結果、海外留学が期待されるような役割を実際に果たすためには、何らかの教育的介入が必要であることが明らかになった。

Keywords: desire; global awareness; global citizenship development; perceptions of English; study abroad

Corresponding author: Ayako Suzuki, Department of English Language Education, College of Humanities, Tamagawa University, 6-1-1 Tamagawagakuen, Machida, Tokyo, Japan, E-mail: ay-suzuki@lit.tamagawa.ac.jp

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Ayako Suzuki

Ayako Suzuki, PhD, is Professor in the College of Humanities at Tamagawa University, Japan, and teaches undergraduate and graduate students English for Academic Purposes, sociolinguistics, and multicultural education. At the university, she also serves as Associate Director of Center for English as a Lingua Franca. She has researched and published in the area of ELT, ELF, and intercultural citizenship.

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desire; global awareness; global citizenship development; perceptions of English; study abroad