SIETAR-Kansai - Past Monthly Programs

November 2003
The Maximizing Study Abroad Research Program:
Developing Strategies for Enhancing Culture and Language Learning Abroad

Date:
November 2 (Sunday), 2003 2:00pm-4:00pm

Presenter:
Dr. R. Michael Paige
Professor at the University of Minnesota

Place:
Takatsuki Shogai Gakushu Center, 3F, Room 2
Tel: 072-674-7700
10min. walk from the south exit of JR Takatsuki Station, or Hankyu Takatsuki city station

Fee:
500 yen for members
500 yen for students
1000 yen for non-members

Language:
English

Description of the Presentation:
The Maximizing Study Abroad research program is a three-year project intended to measure the effects of a new curriculum on study abroad students' intercultural development, culture learning, language development, and language learning. The project utilizes an experimental design where the treatment group is using the Maximizing Study Abroad materials and the control group is not. Both the experimental and comparison groups of students will complete four instruments as pre- and post-test measures: Language Strategy Use Survey (Cohen & Chi, 2001), Speech Act Measure of Language Gain (Cohen & Shively, 2002), Strategies in Learning Culture Inventory (Paige, Rong, & Zhang, 2001), and Intercultural Development Inventory (Hammer & Bennett, 1998). This presentation describes the study and presents initial findings from the research.

Profile of the Presenter:
Dr. R. Michael Paige (Ph.D. Stanford University) is currently a visiting scholar at Nagoya University’s Center for the Studies of Higher Education. He is a Professor of International and Intercultural Education in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration at the University of Minnesota, where he has worked since 1977. Michael has been a professional international/intercultural educator for over 35 years. During his career, he has lived and worked in Turkey, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Kenya, and Hong Kong. He is the co-author of the recently published Maximizing Study Abroad volumes and co-principal investigator of the Maximizing Study Abroad research program.

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