Development of the Mobile Learning System for Local Tour Guide Training in Chinese

In Hokkaido, over 60% of the inbound visitors come from Chinese speaking regions. Therefore, the tourism industry needs Chinese rather than English as a means of communication. That is why the development of multilingual human resources is indispensable. However, a systematic foreign language teaching program has not been developed yet. The objective of this study is to develop a mobile learning system for the Chinese guide interpreter training. This paper reports the details of the process of development, platform construction with LMS, contents design, development environment, and primary evaluation by National Government Licensed Guide Interpreters.The 25th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing (CollabTech 2019), Kyoto, Japan. September, 4-6, 201