An online international exchange program conducted as part of Kwansei Gakuin Senior High School's "Global Studies" course, which explores international social issues, was featured in the Kobe Shimbun newspaper on June 8th!

Overview of the Global Studies Program at Kwansei Gakuin Senior High School

This course aims to deepen students' understanding of international social issues and organizations working to address them, as well as to improve their research methods and language skills. It is intended for 11th and 12th graders. This year, 11th graders will deepen their understanding of their research themes by learning with international students and consider what they can do to solve them. 12th graders, working with international students, will consider and implement actions they can take regarding the research topics they have chosen in their respective groups.

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Published in the Kobe Shimbun

The article mainly featured an overview of international exchange activities conducted within the second-year classes.

*Content quoted from the article

Twenty-four second and third-year students from Kwansei Gakuin Senior High School (Uegahara Ichibancho, Nishinomiya City) interacted with 20 junior and senior high school students from Indonesia, Myanmar, and Pakistan through online classes. Each student gave a presentation in English on a social issue of their interest, deepening their friendship through the computer screen.

With The World, a private company in Kobe City that supports international exchange, facilitated the connection of classrooms in various countries using a video conferencing app. The students asked questions in English such as, "Do you like basketball?" and "Do you know what takoyaki is?", and bonded with each other using gestures such as making a circle with both hands.

In their presentations, they described the current situation in their respective countries, addressing themes such as war, poverty, and employment issues. They displayed pre-prepared slides while delivering their presentations, filled with handwritten English text, with serious expressions on their faces.

We presented on the changes in lifestyles following the COVID-19 pandemic.2Hayato Futagami (16) smiled as she recalled, "I was able to learn about the differences and similarities between Japan and other countries by answering their questions." The exchange class was2It is expected to continue beyond the semester.