Seamless Collaborative Learning Method to Learn Business Japanese with eBook and Chat System

Abstract

The breakthrough of information technology has accelerated the evolutionary change in teaching and learning methodologies. In particular, pervasion of high-efficiency smartphones has raised the potential to generate a new learning environment called seamless learning, which has been drawing much attentions from researchers in pedagogy of any domains. The Japanese government, in 2016, declared “Japan Revitalization Strategy 2016”. It includes the increasing of the number of foreign workers who gain employment in Japan after graduation. They set the goal from 30% to 50% of the international job hunting students find jobs in Japan. Therefore, career education for international students has become an urgent issue to tackle with in Japan. In fact, many universities in Japan have started providing international students with career education such as business Japanese, business communication and career design. Since Japanese job hunting process is very unique, most foreign students have anxieties about it. The objective of this study is to propose an effective business Japanese learning support system. Our ultimate goal is to contribute to the enhancement of their employment rate in Japan.