School Exchange in Shizuoka (from US)

Students from the US came to a school in Shizuoka city on June.

Students from California visited a school in Shizuoka city on June. They are all learning Japanese and some of them could speak Japanese really well. They were all excited to meet Japanese students and to come to a school in Japan.

They attended a classroom with two people or a person. They participated all the classes a day, even though they couldn’t understand everything since it was all in Japanese. Also Japanese students tried hard to communicate with them in English and support them. I saw the greatness of challenging yourself to do something that you might not be able to do.

Classmates gave them T-shirts with messages written for them. Although they only studied together a day, they understood each other and became good friends. It seemed as though the students had gained confidence and grown considerably through this exchange.