摘要：It seems that for Japanese learners an 乬international orientation乭 influences their success in learning English. Therefore I picked up the essays having the aspect of intercultural communication as the reading material in the class. The reading material I picked up is "on the key board" in Asahi Weekly. The unique point of it is that all the writers of the essays live in Japan, but they have had the experiences of living in many other countries, and all of them seem like "multicultural men" (Adler, 1994) to me. I usually ask the students to read the materiel before the lessons and write their answers to the questions, which I gave them beforehand. I usually give three questions. Two of them are concerning the content of the essays, and the other is the question, which will make the students think about the differences between Japanese and foreign cultures and the reasons why there occurred differences between them. In the class they will have discussions based on the answers they had written down. Discussion is the good way to improve their speaking and listening ability, and also because of the contents of the reading material it will enhance their motivation as well. This lesson plan will not only give Japanese students the chance to practice speaking in English but also widen their view to become international citizens and enhance their motivation of learning English.
