The interactions among students enhanced the Japanese students’ ability to listen attentively and learn actively. They learned how to communicate using full facial expressions and appropriate body language while enjoying their interactions. Regarding technology, ZOOM, Facebook, LINE, Google Translate, and Google documents were fully used to collaborate while learning.
Dr. Mayumi Kubota is a Professor in the Faculty of Informatics at Kansai University, Osaka, Japan. She served as Journal Director for the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR) and Board member of the Intercultural Education Society of Japan. Her interest in intercultural communications developed while teaching mathematics in a secondary school in Ghana as a volunteer for the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV).
Dr. Kubota’s research interests include intercultural communication and experience for learning, variation theory for learning and awareness, and Filipino nurse and caregivers who arrive in Japan under the Japan–Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
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