@inproceedings{oai:suac.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001173,
 author = {高山, 靖子 and 古瀬, 敏 and マーク, シーハン D. and ライアン, ジャック and 峯, 郁郎},
 month = {2015-11-17},
 note = {PDF, This report describes the development of an education program targeted to improve English language skills of Department of Industrial Design students in Japan. Although English communication capability is essential for career development in the present day global market, university design curricula make learning English a challenge. Since most students start learning design after matriculation, they tend to give lower priority to English. Therefore, a Design English program was initiated to motivate students to continue learning English. Under the program, English presentation material was co-developed by design students and International Culture majors. Design students gave final presentations in English to a diverse audience including professional designers. We expected the following factors to heighten design students’ motivation: the new experience of collaboration with students from a different department; stimulus from students more tuned to improve their English skills; confidence building through brushing up presentation materials; and communication with foreign professional designers from a corporation. Design students participated more actively in discussions when professional designers were in the audience. This result underscores the importance of connecting English studies with design education to create relevance. Design students had a heightened awareness toward the study of English, and some students substantially improved proficiency in English through continued study., Consilience and innovation in design : 5th IASDR 2013 Tokyo
24th-30th August 2013
Shibaura Institute of Technology},
 title = {10F-3/1527-1 An educational program for improving English language skills of Design students in Japan},
 year = {}
}