• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.399-406
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• 2014

Objectives : The purpose of the study is to investigate the oral health behaviors between students studying in Vancouver, Canada and college students in Daejeon, Korea. Methods : A self-reported questionnaire was filled out by 239 students in November, 2013. The questionnaire consisted of oral health behavior including tooth brushing methods between two countries. Chi-square test and t-test were analyzed. The analyses were conducted using R version 2.14.2(R Foundation for statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). Results : The number of tooth brushing in Korean students was higher than those in Canada. Fifty nine percent of the Koreans brushed their teeth 3 times a day while 62.3% of students in Canada brushed their teeth 2 times a day(p<0.0001). Those who were taught on oral health education tended to brush the teeth more frequently that those who had not. Koreans and Japanese tended to brush teeth more frequently after breakfast than the Taiwanese(p=0.005). Koreans also brushed teeth after dinner more frequently than Japanese, Taiwanese, and other foreigners(p=0.012). Conclusions : This study indicated that Koreans have better oral health behaviors in comparison to students studying abroad.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.4313-4318
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• 2013

This study aimed to explore attitudes towards cervical cancer screening among Japanese university students who had never had a Pap smear. Four focus-group discussions, each with 15 female university students, took place in November and December 2009. Discussions were recorded and transcripts were analyzed to extract attitudes of young women towards cervical cancer screening. The four themes that emerged were: i) a low sense of reality about cervical cancer; ii) a lack of knowledge about both cervical cancer and Pap smears; iii) a lack of motivation to get screened, and iv) a reluctance to visit the gynecologist. Participants who were interested in undergoing screening for cervical cancer cited the influence of conversations with friends and family, a diagnosis of cancer within their family, and relevant information from the media. The results indicate the importance of getting young women more interested in cervical cancer screening and overcoming their tendency to avoid visiting a gynecologist.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2006

This study investigates the types of interactional modifications employed by Japanese and Korean university students during text-based chats. In particular, this study focuses on the role of a network-based medium on the use of interactional modifications, which have been claimed to facilitate interlanguage development. The results show that students use a variety of features of interactional modifications. The most used strategies were the use of paralinguistic features, framing, overt indication of understanding/agreement, and clarification checks, which reveals inconsistent results with findings from research on the negotiation of meaning in face-to-face interaction. Results suggest that the computer-mediated communication (CMC) environment requires the above mentioned strategies and students are able to adapt to this new context by employing alternative strategies. The majority of negotiations were generated by content and lexical items either to resolve communication problems or to better manage interactions, and very few negotiations occurred in terms of grammar. The findings suggest that text-based synchronous chats can be an effective tool for promoting interactive competence, but their effectiveness on grammatical development is uncertain.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.1772-1783
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• 2007

본 연구의 목적은 외모에 대한 관심과 호기심이 왕성한 한, 중, 일 세 국가의 여대생들의 화장품구매실태를 조사하고 화장품이용과 관련한 만족, 불만족이유에 대한 세 국가 간의 차이점을 비교 분석하여 그 결과를 국내 화장품업계의 국내외 진출시 마케팅자료로 활용하고자 함이었다. 본 연구는 서울, 베이징, 도쿄에 거주하는 남녀공학대학에 재학중인 여대생 1,200명을 대상으로 하여 자료수집을 하였다. 연구결과, 세 국가의 여대생들의 화장품구매실태와 화장품과 관련한 만족, 불만족의 차이가 있었다. 중국여대생들은 구매처의 신뢰도와 브랜들 이미지를 중요하게 생각하고 불만족 화장품에 대해서는 교환을 통해 적극적으로 대처하는 것으로 나타났기 때문에 소비자들의 불만족경험을 줄이고 고급스럽고 믿을 수 있는 품질의 제품으로 백화점에 진출하는 마케팅전략이 중국시장진출 시 필요하며, 일본여대생들은 광고와 잡지모델이 중국, 한국과 비교하여 상대적으로 구매 시 중요한 요인으로 작용하고 슈퍼마켓과 약국을 통해 저렴한 화장품구매를 하는 것으로 나타나 일본시장진출 시 광고를 통해 브랜드인지도를 높이고 슈퍼마켓과 약국으로 유통망을 확대하고 품질대비 저렴한 가격전략이 필요하며 한국여대생들은 화장품구매시 친구나 동료 등과 같은 인적네크워크를 통한 구전과 저렴한 가격을 중요하게 생각하고 있어 품질대비 저렴한 가격으로 긍정적인 구전효과를 통한 마케팅전략이 필요하다고 사료된다.

• 한국심리학회지 : 문화 및 사회문제
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.113-134
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• 2007

동아시아 삼국 여대생의 신체가치와 신체존중감을 비교하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 한국(n=168)과 중국(n=108), 일본(n=152)의 여대생을 대상으로 신체에 관한 가치로서 조작성, 편향성, 평가소재와 사회적유용성을 측정하였고, 전반적 신체존중감 척도를 이용해서 외모존중감, 체중존중감, 건강존중감을 측정하였다. 신체의 자의적 변형에 대한 수용정도는 일본이 가장 높았고 중국이 가장 낮았다. 건강에 비해 외모를 중시하는 경향은 한국이 일본과 중국에 비해 높았고, 타인의 관점에서 자신의 신체를 평가하는 경향은 한국과 일본이 중국보다 높았다. 신체의 외모나 건강의 사회적 유용성에 대해서는 한국이 가장 높게 지각하고 있었고, 일본과 중국의 순이었다. 한국 여대생은 외모존중감은 가장 높고 건강존중감은 가장 낮은 반면, 일본 여대생은 건강존중감이 가장 높고 외모존중감과 체중존중감은 가장 낮았다. 중국 여대생은 체중존중감이 가장 높았다. 네 가지 신체 가치는 외모와 체중존중감과는 유의한 상관이 있었으나, 건강존중감과는 아무런 상관이 없었다. 연구결과의 함의를 논의하고 향후연구의 필요성을 제안하였다.

• 대학교육
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• 통권5호
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• pp.77-83
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• 1983

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 1996년도 10월 학술대회지
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• pp.149-154
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• 1996

Since the 1980s, a number of professionals in the ESL/EFL field have investigated the role of pronunciation in the ESL/EFL curriculum. Applying the insights gained from the second language acquisition research, these efforts have focused on the integration of pronunciation teaching and learning into the communicative curriculum, with a shift towards overall intelligibility as the primary goal of pronunciation teaching and learning. The present study reports on the efficacy of audio-visual aids and hyper-pronunciation training method in teaching the productions of English consonants to Japanese college students. The talk will focus on the implications of the present study, and the presenter makes suggestions to teaching pronunciation to Japanese learners.

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 2000년도 7월 학술대회지
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• pp.235-240
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• 2000

In the age of global communication, more human exchange is extended at the grass-roots level. In the old days, language policy and language planning was based on one nation-state with one language. But high waves of globalizaiton have allowed extended human flow of exchange beyond one's national border on a daily basis. Under such circumstances, homogeneity in Japan may not allow Japanese to speak and communicate only in Japanese and only with Japanese people. In Japan, an advisory report was made to the Ministry of Education in June 1996 about what education should be like in the 21st century. In this report, an introduction of English at public elementary schools was for the first time made. A basic policy of English instruction at the elementary school level was revealed. With this concept, English instruction is not required at the elementary school level but each school has their own choice of introducing English as their curriculum starting April 2002. As Baker, Colin (1996) indicates the age of three as being the threshold diving a child becoming bilingual naturally or by formal instruction. Threre is a movement towards making second language acquisition more naturalistic in an educational setting, developing communicative competence in a more or less formal way. From the lesson of the Canadian immersion success, Genesee (1987) stresses the importance of early language instruction. It is clear that from a psycho-linguistic perspective, most children acquire basic communication skills in their first language apparently effortlessly and without systematic and formal instruction during the first six or seven years of life. This innate capacity diminishes with age, thereby making language learning increasingly difficult. The author, being a returnee, experienced considerable difficulty acquiring L2, and especially achieving native-like competence. There will be many hurdles to conquer until Japanese students are able to reach at least a communicative level in English. It has been mentioned that English is not taught to clear the college entrance examination, but to communicate. However, Japanese college entrance examination still makes students focus more on the grammar-translation method. This is expected to shift to a more communication stressed approach. Japan does not have to aim at becoming an official bilingual country, but at least communicative English should be taught at every level in school Mito College is a small two-year co-ed college in Japan. Students at Mito College are basically notgood at English. It has only one department for business and economics, and English is required for all freshmen. It is necessary for me to make my classes enjoyable and attractive so that students can at least get motivated to learn English. My major target is communicative English so that students may be prepared to use English in various business settings. As an experiment to introduce more communicative English, the author has made the following syllabus design. This program aims at training students speak and enjoy English. 90-minute class (only 190-minute session per week is most common in Japanese colleges) is divided into two: The first half is to train students orally using Graded Direct Method. The latter half uses different materials each time so that students can learn and enjoy English culture and language simultaneously. There are no quizes or examinations in my one-academic year program. However, all students are required to make an original English poem by the end of the spring semester. 2-6 students work together in a group on one poem. Students coming to Mito College, Japan have one of the lowest English levels in all of Japan. However, an attached example of one poem made by a group shows that students can improve their creativity as long as they are kept encouraged. At the end of the fall semester, all students are then required individually to make a 3-minute original English speech. An example of that speech contest will be presented at the Convention in Seoul.

• Journal of Community Nutrition
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.93-104
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• 2003

Although a generation-related difference in nutrient and food-group intake has been broadly recognized in the Japanese population, few studies have examined the difference and correlation of intakes with consideration of a family line and co-habitation status. We conducted a dietary survey using female college students in dietetic course in Aichi, Japan, and their mothers and grandmothers. A validated self-administered diet history questionnaire was used for assessment of intakes. Data from 110 families were included in the analysis. The means of 13 nutrients and 10 food groups (of the 15 and 14, respectively) showed significant differences among the three generations. A significant difference was observed in the carbohydrate, protein, saturated fatty acid, cholesterol, and fish intakes between the students living with their mothers and those apart. In the correlation analyses between generations, moderate correlation was observed for most nutrients and food groups between the students and their mothers living together (correlation range = 0.30-0.61 for nutrients, and = 0.21 -0.56 for food groups). A wide variation with no consistency was observed for the correlation between the students and their grandmothers (-0.18 -0.59 and -0.33 -0.65, respectively), No meaningful correlation was observed between any two generations living apart. Among the food groups examined, pulses, fish, and vegetables showed relatively large differences for the correlation between two groups with different living conditions. When living together, the correlation coefficients for nutrients and food groups between the students and their mothers decreased according to the increase in frequency of eating out by the students. These results suggest that living together and eating together were an important factor for the resemblance in dietary habits between generations in the population with a marked generation-related difference in intakes. (J Community Nutrition 5(2) : 93-104, 2003)

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.39-49
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• 2010

Objectives: This study analyzed the factors that influence the mental health of adolescents in Korea, China, and Japan. Methods: The survey was conducted in each country between November 2008 and January 2009. The respondents were 1,390 Korean, Chinese, and Japanese students aged between 14 years and 16. The mental health was measured by the School Mental Health Scale of Ochanomizu University (2004), which is composed of six scales: physical symptoms, eating disorders, depression, interpersonal relationship, powerlessness, and impulsiveness. Results: The relationship with family and friends are strongly associated with mental health. As for Korean and Chinese female students experienced mental illness more than male. Regarding Korean students, the time to use TV computer game is related to relationship and impulsiveness. The mobile phone use more than three hours is related to depression and relationship for Japanese, and the number of family member less than three, is associated with powerlessness for Chinese. Conclusion: Regular and effective health education is required in order to improve students lifestyles and family and peer relationships. This study also offers the fundamental information for health promotion programs for Korean, Chinese and Japanese students.