Znaczenie programów wymiany międzyuczelnianej w procesie nabywania kompetencji językowych na przykładzie współpracy pomiędzy Uniwersytetem Gdańskim a Uniwersytetem Tokiwa

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of the student exchange program at the Tokiwa University (TU) in Japanese language education at its partner institution, the University of Gdańsk (UG) in Poland. To this end, we first review previous studies on the topic of cooperation in Japanese language education based on inter-university agreements, and provide a direction for the discussion in this paper. Then, we review the Japanese language education curriculum of the UG Department of Oriental Studies and the Department of Japanese Studies. We describe what the students who have gained skills through this curriculum learn in the student exchange program at the TU, including Japanese language courses and courses for international students, as well as extracurricular exchange activities. Then, from the perspective of the Japanese language faculty at the UG, we describe the impact the exchange program has had on students who visited the TU. Finally, we discuss the role of the program in the Japanese language studies of UG students, and propose ways in which the two universities can collaborate in Japanese language education in the future.