Bringing KIT Robotics Research Topics into the English Classroom

It is desirable to provide undergraduate students with authentic English materials that will challenge and benefit them. This paper describes a set of English teaching materials created as a collaboration between teachers from the English Language Program (ELP) and the Department of Robotics at Kanazawa Institute of Technology. The materials consist of an original English text outlining research conducted by faculty and students of the Department of Robotics, an audio interview (podcast) between ELP members and a professor from the Robotics Department, and scaffolded worksheets and scripts for student presentations. The materials were used in the “English Topics Five”(ETV) course during the spring 2022 semester. This paper also briefly outlines students' attitudes and perceptions of the teaching materials.