Hajime MOCHIZUKI

Recently,some of the first-year students in our college arrived without adequate study or social skills.As a result,some dropped out during the first year.Therefore,the "First-Year Experience st the College of Technology(Kosen)" was implemented in order to support a smooth transition from secondary education to higher education for these new students.We designed the "Orientation Camp" project.12 teachers led 89 new students to Omishima,Ehime on April 10th and 11th,2009.We carried out the following collaborative activities:(1)cooking curry and rice outdoors,(2)orienteering in small groups.According to the post questionnaire,92.1% of the students indicated that the camp helped them nake new friends.In addition,this paper reports the following educational practices for these students:(1)short morning home room,(2)extra math lessons,(3)art and calligraphy exhibition and a music concert in the school festival,(4)lectures by guest speakers,(5)active learning through hands-on activities.The one-year joint program implemented by our teachers resulted in no students dropping out of school in the middle of 2009.

Recently, some of the first-year students in our college seemed not to have enough study experience from their junior high-school years. Therefore, "first-year experience at college of technology (Kosen)" is important in order to support a smooth transition from secondary education to higher education. We designed "Orientation Camp 2009" project as a part of first-year experience with our teachers' support and cooperation. Participants in the orientation camp were 89 new students in our college. 12 staffs that consist of 11 teachers and 1 nurse led them to an accommodation for living in groups in Omishima, Ehime on April 10th and 11th, 2009. We carried out the following activities: (1) orientation for new college life, (2) outdoor curry cooking, (3) practice singing national anthem and college song, (4) orienteering in a small group, (5) home room in each class. According to the post questionnaire answered by our college's first-year students, 63.7% of the students had the positive impression towards the orientation camp. 92.1% of the students felt that the camp helped them to make new friends. However, their positive impression varied with each activity. In the future, we need to design more attractive activities that will satisfy all the new students.

弓削商船高等専門学校「専攻科英語キャンプ2008」の実践に関する教育実践とその効果を考察した査読論文。事前、事後テスト（ロングマンTOEIC対策教材に付属するリスニングテスト）を実施し、統計解析を行った結果、5日間という短期間の英語集中講座は、学生のリスニング力を有意に向上させることが確認された。

Recently, some of the first-year students seemed not to have enough study experience from their junior high-school years. Therefore, "first-year experience at college" is important in order to support a smooth transition from secondary education to higher education. We designed an "active learning" project to foster a cosmopolitan outlook in our first-year students with our teachers' support and cooperation. We received 36 American high school students escorted by 5 teachers from Bear Creek High School, Colorado, U.S.A. at our college on June 16-17, 2008. We carried out the following activities: (1) Japanese students taught basic Japanese greetings to American students in a small group, (2) Japanese students taught daily conversation to American students in a small group, and vice versa, (3) Japanese students taught Japanese calligraphy and origami paper craft to American students and completed art works by cooperating with each other. According to the post questionnaire answered by our college's first-year students, 73.3% of the students had the positive impression towards the international exchange. However, their positive impression varied with each activity: (1) 33.4% < (2) 62.6% < (3) 71.4% In the future, we need to design activities that will enable both Japanese and American students to communicate more actively and cheerfully.