Cultural Studies Tour in the United States of America
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The stage for the "Cultural Studies Tour in the USA" program is the state of Oregon, and every year for three weeks, 40 high school first and second year students stay at the TIUA (Tokyo International University of America) campus dormitory.
Participants learn about U.S. culture and customs by listening to
lectures in English by women, such as mayors, television anchorwomen, and
lawyers. Additionally, the study program includes one-day of "shadowing,"
where two to three students actually follow a working woman and experience
a day in her life.
Students also learn about the culture of indigenous minorities and
experience some of the wonders of American nature. In addition, they spend a content-rich weekend doing
a short-term home stay with families in the local community. Of course,
language study is also important. Therefore, students join an overnight
English-language training program at Odawara LIOJ (Language Institute of
Japan), make this a link(?) more than the participants.
This study tour reaches out to because every year for the TJK Anniversary (culture) Festival, participants share their valuable experiences in the forms of a small booklet entitled "Cultural Studies Abroad" and a display of pictures, artifacts, essays, etc. that report on their experiences.
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Cultural Studies Tours in Southeast Asia
(Middle and High Schools) |
With the aim of taking a broad look at the world, our school actively
promotes exchanges not just with Europe and America, but also with Southeast
Asia, particularly Thailand and Malaysia. Southeast Asia has deep ties
with Japan based on past history, plus it is recognized as a region with
which to build new relationships as we start the 21st century.
TJK has an exchange program with Benjamarachalai School and Satri Withaya School in Thailand and Kuen Cheng Girl's High School in Malaysia. In both countries these are young women's schools with long
traditions and to deepen these friendly exchanges, teachers and students
from each of the schools visit TJK to experience classes and do homestays
with TJK families.
Furthermore, we are designing a student-centered international exchange
through the Southeast Asian Cultural Studies Tours, in which 9th, 10th,
and 11th graders visit Thailand and Malaysia during their summer vacation,
where they join classes and give presentations to introduce Japanese culture,
while doing homestays.
It is an enriching study tour in which students visit architectural
ruins and Buddhist temples that allow students to think about Japan and
Southeast Asia's relationship from a wide angle.
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