Kaneko Atsuko    Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Business Administration    Position   Associate Professor
Language	Japanese
Publication Date	2018/10
Type	Academic Journal
Peer Review	Peer reviewed
Title	An approach to measuring the effects of study abroad on communication competence
Contribution Type	Sole-authored
Journal Type	Japan
Volume, Issue, Page	pp.75-78
Details	Study abroad is one of the experiences promoted to university students, and target language acquisition is perceived as its biggest outcome However, compared to social skills or character skills, foreign language proficiency is not necessarily highly valued in the Japanese workplace. This is a case study based on semi-structured interview data collected from Japanese undergraduate students to investigate what outcomes they perceive to be the result of a study abroad. The data were analyzed, and 'initiating communication' and 'extraversion' were consistently mentioned as outcomes by the informants.