ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: In common with most EFL students, Japanese university students have limited access to authentic and meaningful communication in English. To help to address this problem, Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT) has been collaborating on a pilot classroom Skype project with an English conversation school based in the Philippines. Over the course of a semester, students worked in small groups on four presentations which they delivered on a monthly basis to the teachers in Cebu using Skype. It was found that the sessions, although limited in number, had a significant influence on the students which included a positive impact on their identities as language users and their levels of language anxiety, and even on their motivation to study English.
