Japanese University Students’ Attitudes towards Globalisation, Intercultural Contexts and English  

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Morita, Liang

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: World Journal of English Language vol. 3 no. 4 (2013), page 31-41.
Topik: attitude; globalisation; intercultural context; internationaliation
Fulltext: 3474-12312-1-PB.pdf (81.24KB)

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This is a study conducted at Nagoya University, a top Japanese national institution, on undergraduates’ attitudes towards globalisation, intercultural contexts and English. Globalisation takes place in a varied context in Japan which includes the sakoku (closed country) mentality as well as government rhetoric encouraging all to embrace globalisation. According to the literature on internationalisation of higher education, intercultural contexts result from globalisation and educators must prepare students to function in these contexts. Students, however, may or may not see the future in the same way educators and policy-makers do. Attitudes towards English are mixed: some see it as an indispensable communicative tool for the future while others think of it as a test score which helps them secure jobs or places in graduate programmes. The author discovered in this study that while most of the students’ attitudes echo government rhetoric, they think globalisation is something they can opt out of. In addition, even though they feel that the ability to function in intercultural contexts is desirable, half of them do not think they will find themselves in these contexts, which may compromise the effectiveness of curriculum which have been planned based on the assumption that students are going to be in intercultural contexts in future. They are also protective of Japanese culture and very concerned about their English communicative skills.

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