中部大学教育研究2022

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1OhioProgramforEnglishLanguageTeaching（OPELT）TheOPELT,bornofacollaborativeeffortbetweenChubuUniversityanditspartneruniversity,OhioUniversityintheUnitedStates,iscomprisedoffivefull-timeinstructors.Since1990OPELThasservedChubuUniversitybyprovidinghighly-qualified,native-levelfluentEnglishspeakerTESOL（TeachingEnglishtoSpeakersofOtherLanguages）professionalsintheirgeneralEnglishclasses.TheOPELTmissionexpandedin1998whenthePreparationforAcademicStudyinEnglishOverseas（PASEO）wasestablished,whichallowedOPELTtofurtherfulfillitsmissiontoChubuUniversity.Namely,thethreeprincipalgoalsoftheprogramare:・Toprovidehigh-quality,comprehensiveEnglishlanguageinstructiontoChubuUniversitystudents,faculty,andstafftoassistthemintheiracademicandoccupationalpursuits.・Topromoteinternationalizationandgreatercross-culturalunderstandingbyprovidingopportunitiestoexploreAmericancultureandgainvaluableexperienceusingEnglishinsideandoutsidetheclassroom.・Toempowerstudentswiththenecessarylanguageandculturalskillsandtheconfidencetowork,travel,andorstudyabroad.2ProgramforAcademicStudyinEnglishOverseas（PASEO）PASEOisanon-intensive,elective,English-as-a-foreign-languageprogram.Studentswhoenrollintheprogramareplacedintooneoffiveproficiencylevels（1islow,5high）.Studentsadvanceinlevelbasedontheirperformanceinclassandbyinstructorevaluation.Accordingtoenrollmentreportsonfile,thefivelevelswereoriginallybasedonprofessionalstandardsestablishedbyTESOLandACTFL（AmericanCouncilontheTeachingofForeignLanguages）guidelines.However,recordsofspecificallywhichguidelinesorhowpreviousfacultyusedthemtocreatefivedistinctlevelsforthePASEOdonotexist.Generally,theprogramattemptstoofferclassesattimesthatdonotconflictwithstudents'regularacademicormajorcourses.StudentsmaytakePASEOcoursesforuniversitycredit.Since2006―33―＊1SeniorAssistantProfessor,LanguageProgram（English）,SchoolofGeneralEducation,ChubuUniversityAReportonPASEOClassesin2021JAMBORKevin＊1AbstractThisreportprovidesasummaryoftheOhioProgramofEnglishLanguageTeachinganditsPreparationforAcademicStudyinEnglishOverseas（PASEO）programinthe2021academicyear,April2021-March2022,alongwithsomeenrollmentdata.DespitetheongoingCOVID-19pandemiccausingmultipletransitionsbetweenin-personandonlineclasses,thePASEOprogramsawanincreaseinenrollmentoverthepreviousyear,returningtopre-pandemicnumbers.KeywordsEnglishlanguageeducation,OhioProgramofEnglishLanguageTeaching（OPELT）,PreparationforAcademicStudyinEnglishOverseas（PASEO）