An End-of-Semester Activity to Promote Sustainable Learning

Classes provided by the English Discussion Center at Rikkyo University are effective in developing the discussion skills of freshman students.However, as students are required to take these classes, rather than choosing to take the course themselves, it is often hard to ascertain the extent that students appreciate the real-world applications of the skills they have developed in the class.This paper describes an activity to be used in the final lesson of the course that helps students to develop and discuss their own discussion topics.The underlying purpose of this activity is to raise awareness of the skills that the students have gained in the class and promote sustainable learning so that students might be motivated to continue developing their skills after the course has been completed.