Seinan
Right now, 19 of our students are in New Zealand with Malcolm Swanson for 4 weeks of study abroad. If you’d like to see what they’re up to, why not visit our travel blog!
http://seinan-jo.com/travel_blog/
Boarding the flight to Nelson
On February 2, 2012, we held our final English Lecture. We began with presentations to all the students who did well in both our Reading Marathon and the Vocabulary Challenge. This was followed by 2 mini-lectures… one on “How to read cattle brands” by Margaret Orleans, and another on “The Paperless Classroom” by Malcolm Swanson.
Here are some [...]
Last night we held our ESS Christmas Party. Rei and Haruka were the MCs for the event, and they organized games, a movie, and a present swapping activity. All the students helped to prepare cakes and other food…
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The cake [...]
On December 1, a group of 7 of our 4th year students who have succeeded in getting jobs were interviewed by our 3rd year students. They explained how they went about job-hunting, and gave advice on how to do well in job interviews and job applications. This was an extremely valuable event for all of [...]
[ November 10, 2011; 4:20 PM to 5:30 PM. ] A Pathway to Your Future – Gaining Experience through Volunteer Work
Hiroko Ohta
Thursday, November 10 from 16:20 in Room 6206
ちょうど私が北九州へ移り住んだ今から25年ほど前、日本は国際化の流れの中にありました。外国人留学生の数がだんだん増え、北九州で快適な生活を留学生たちに送ってもらえるようにとインフラ整備が進みつつありました。私はフランスで生活した経験があり、当時フランス人に大変助けられたので何かできることがあればしてみたいと思っていました。
ちょうど折しも、北九州市が国際ボランティア養成講座を開講しました。それが私のボランティア活動への出発の第一歩となりました。私のボランティア活動をお分かちし、またその活動がどういう形で私の私生活またひいては仕事のキャリアに及んでいったかをお話ししたいと思います。ボランティア活動はきっとあなたの輝かしい未来へのカギとなることと確信しています。
When I moved to Kitakyushu 25 years ago, there was a movement of Internationalization in Japan. Even in Kitakyushu the number of foreign students was gradually growing, and the environment where those students can live comfortably was [...]
[ November 4, 2011; 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. November 14, 2011; 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. November 24, 2011; 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. November 28, 2011; 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. ] Next month is once again Movie Month in the English Department. Once again we have 4 movies to show you:
** “Bingo” (with Ms Orleans – Friday, Nov. 4, 6pm in Rm 527)
** “The Legend of 1900″ – (with Mr Yahiro – Monday, Nov. 14, 6pm in Rm 527)
** “Tangled” (with Ms Maksymuk – Thursday, Nov. [...]
On October 1, 2011, we held our 6th Mallory Cup English Contest [more info]. Twelve junior high school and five elementary school groups performed wonderful skits in English. It was tough to judge because of the high standard of the entries, but the final results were:
Elementary School Division
1st place – Yoshida Elementary School (Ayane Shoudai, Mei Kishiro, [...]
To finish up the first semester, Prof. Woolbright’s zemi class put on an original performance of “Cinderella.” Complete with stunning costumes, sound effects and energetic performances, it was a memorable show. Here are some highlights…
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On Saturday, July 9, staff (past and present), graduates, and current students took part in an Alumni Association gathering at Seinan Jo Gakuin University. After a meeting of the association, everyone relaxed over afternoon tea and some international music.
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[ July 20, 2011 to July 26, 2011. ] A week of activities about New Zealand
