Japan Foundation Virtual Ryuugaku (VR1)

Full Project name: Virtual “ryuugaku” for real interactions and job-hunting: supporting Covid online teaching of Japanese language oral and written production skills

Active from/to: December 2020 – March 2021

Research Team: Prof. Marcella Mariotti (Principal Investigator), Japanese language specialist M.A. Shoko Nishida (Coordinator), M.A. Leonardo Ligabue (Jr. Coordinator), M.A. Gaia Varone  (Jr. Coordinator), Mr. Matteo Nassini  (Jr. Coordinator)

Participants: 89 Ca’ Foscari University students and 33 students from 15 Universities in Japan (Akita University, Osaka University, Kyoto University, Hosei University, Yokohama City University, St. Andrews University, Rikkyo University, University of Kochi, Suwa University of Science, Tokyo Keizai University, Miyagi University of Education, Kansai Gaidai University, Kobe Shinwa Women’s University, Yasuda Women’s University, Siesa Dohto University.)

What is this project about?

Funded by the Japan Foundation, this project aimed at providing students of Japanese Language with a virtual study abroad program in order to promote and support the motivation and creativity of Japanese language students and teaching staff in response to the lack of stimulation ant the time of uncertainty affecting higher education due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The project connected the students majoring in Japanese in different countries and let them feel at home in a difficult period while also improving the student’s written and spoken Japanese language.
his also encouraged them to understand more about SDGS and their active role as citizens of the world through active participation in online discussion and exchange of ideas with the participants and helped to further expand the content of online platforms dedicated to Japanese language teaching and learning such as Jalea and Jalea Business.

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