Kyoto University_Go Abroad

Interdisplinary Research for Orange Group & Listening and Pronounciation

Day 4:

In the morning, I observed two classes: (i) Interdisciplinary Research Project by Richard and (ii) Listening & Pronounciation by Christina.

Richard was working with a group of students in Bike Lane Planning.  They went all the way to San Francisco this afternoon to particiapte in the site-visit there.  They came up with a list of interesting questions.  I think they will do well in their final presentations!




At last, I was finally able to meet a famous Christina!  Students have been always talking about her:)
Her agenda for today included idioms, quizze and surveys.  Then, she had some recap from what students have been doing.  Students are assigned to listen to two audio scripts by logging on a website for academic listening and take pre/post tests:)

After the class, we went outside and took a group picture.
I made them jump more than three times.  This is the best shot I could get.





So sweet!

In the afternoon, while students were working on their presentation materials in their own groups, I met Hong from Educational Study Abroad Center (by the way, she is coming to Kyoto for 6 weeks in this fall), and I also had the honor to visit Associate Vice-Provost Martine this afternoon!  We had a wonderful talk and shared some of  the future visions we have for UC Davis and KU students!

I've also got to know some Japanese students from other universities on some of the programs they are attending.  They all shared similar feedback as you guys did that you guys are all very glad that you decided to come UC Davis!

I am very proud of all of you!!
Please remember to stay safe and healthy during your stay.
Have a safe trip back home and please remember to submit your report by September 9!

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank especially Dr. Jannis Williamson (Director, UC Davis Extension, IEPP) and Mr. Peter Hendricks (Academic Director, Professional Program & Service Learning) for the most comprehensive program I've ever seen. 

I'd also like to thank Elaine, Shannon, David, Joanna, Richard, and Christina for instructing our students both in class and outside of classes for site-visits and program lectures.
I am sure this program required a lot of commitment and dedication beyond what is normally required.
There are other people I did not mention here who gave a lot of support and assisstance to our students: Site-visit leaders and the professional people in the communities who were kind enough to host their site-vists.  I have not had a chance to meet their hostfamilies, but I am very glad that our students are well taken care of them.

I do not know how to put it in a simple sentence to show how deeply I am appreciated for all these.
Thank you so much for offereing a wonderful program for Kyoto.
We will greatly miss all of you when we go back to Kyoto, so please keep in touch!

AND, I will come back next year!
Best regards,
Mikako Nishikawa

HopStepJump さんの投稿 @ 10:34