NIHONGO TANKEN Centre Visit

Yr6 Japanese classes had an exciting day at the 日本語 NIHONGO (Japanese) たんけんTANKEN (explore) センター(Centre)!

This excursion had planned to supplement the work being done in the classroom by enabling students to be immersed in the Japanese language and culture for a full day. Students also experienced an authentic Japanese environment and sample Japanese snack (OYATSU).

All activities had been carefully tailor-made by the Japanese teachers of the centre, considering the NPS’ Japanese program (Semester 2 Unit: ‘Family Trip to Japan’). Only the Japanese language was used during all activities (= the IMMERSION strategy), and students showed off their abilities to understand and to communicate in the targeted language. I was again so astonished by the young children’s hidden potential of being able to naturally respond to the given environment. Yr 6 classroom teachers and I were grateful to discover the individual’s talent that hadn’t shown before.

On the way back from the centre when we passed the international airport, we shared the memorable stories of international exchange trips which some high schools were running. Congratulating NPS students’ achievements at the excursion of language immersion, and picturing their bright futures as international citizens, we successfully completed our journey to the ‘imaginary Japan’ with big smiles and applause!

I’m hoping that this excursion has contributed to the continuity of the learning of Languages into the students’ high school lives, and more importantly, the memories we shared in NPS Japanese will stay shining in their hearts.

よく(YOKU) できました (DEKI MASHITA) (Well done!)

あくつ先生 (AKUTSU SENSEI)

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