Monika Sugimoto    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of German Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Professor
Type	Practical Example of Education Technique
Period	2008/04～2009/12
Item	Skype and e-mail friendship project with students of Japanese Studies Frankfurt/Main University
Details	For two years, the project with Japanologie Frankfurt arranged e-mail and Skype partnerships between Japanese students of KUFS German Studies and German students at the University of Frankfurt. This created the opportunity to make friends and try out the language they had learned with their peers. A survey was conducted and its results presented in an academic article.