Nanakohdai Elementary School, Internaional Education Program

Nanakohdai Elementary School

International Education Program

The international education program in Nanakohdai elementary school was held on February 3 (Tue), 2009.
Eighty six 6th graders were separated into 4 classes,
and 4 lectures (an American, a Canadian, a Chinese and a Thai)
took charge of one class each.

Introduction of the lecturers

The 6th international education program in this school
The participants got used to the international education program
soon and the class was a success.

China

Introduction of Chinese character
The schoolchildren learned that in China some kanji
may be read in different way from Japan.
They discovered something new in familiar kanji
and were listening to the lecturer attentively

Thai

Introduction of the national flag of Thai and how to hoist it
All the schoolchildren expressed their surprise
when they listened to the lecturer.
“That’s great”
They learnt what the schoolwork in Thai is like,
and said “that’s hard”.
Let’s try our best!

The United States of America (USA)

The schoolchildren were listening
to the native English interestingly.
Japanese food culture
They burst into laughter when they heard some Japanese words
such as TAKOYAKI and YAKITORI in the speech in English.
The lecture went together with gesture and the class was full of laugh and cheers.

Canada

Two groups of the schoolchildren competed in JANKEN
(rock, paper, scissors) game using the panel.
“We wish we could have such class”
The burst of laughter echoed in and outside of the classroom.