May 19, 2022
Okayama University signed a cooperation agreement with Okayama
Institute of Languages on May 17. The agreement was signed by Okayama
University President MAKINO Hirofumi and Okayama Institute of Languages
Director KATAYAMA Hiroko at the signing ceremony, which was held on the
same day.
Okayama Institute of Languages started offering Japanese language
education courses for international students and foreign residents in
October 1992 and has been making efforts to help students develop global
skills ever since, establishing a variety of educational courses to
meet student needs.
The two institutions have been discussing how to combine their
respective strengths and work together toward the realization of a
multicultural society and the achievement of local SDGs, leading to the
conclusion of this agreement, which will promote collaboration in the
following three areas: (1) education and training for international
students, (2) daily living support for international students, and (3)
disaster prevention educational activities in multiple languages for
foreign residents.
The first area includes providing Japanese language support and
instruction for international students with insufficient language
ability before and after they arrive in Japan, recommending outstanding
international students at the Okayama Institute of Languages to
undergraduate and graduate programs at Okayama University, and assisting
in the dispatch of Japanese language educators overseas.
The second area of cooperation relies on the accumulated experience of
the Okayama Institute of Languages and will allow Okayama University to
implement daily support programs, including “business manners” and “how
to correctly dispose garbage”, to our international students to help
them transition more easily to life in Japan.
The third area incorporates our university’s Education and Training
Station for Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment Including New Infectious
Diseases. We plan to implement multinational seminars on disaster
prevention for foreign residents using “Easy Japanese”.
Thanks to this agreement, Okayama University will deepen its collaboration with Okayama Institute of Languages and contribute to the realization of a multicultural society as well as to the achievement of the SDGs and to regional revitalization.
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