High school students from Tokyo visited APU

Oita Godo Newspaper (Morning Publication on December 3, 2007. Page 11)

 

           In the aspect of consideration of what and where to continue the education, senior high school students from Tokyo chose to visit Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University during November 27-28 in order to do some exchange activities with foreign students and deepen multicultural understanding.

           229 second-year students of Josui Senior High School and 39 foreign students from various countries have been spending 2-day time together in the exchange program. The activities consisted of interviewing foreign students in English concerning life in mother countries, their cultures, reasons of choosing APU as a destination of study abroad, etc. Moreover, there were also some presentations about how did they feel after the exchange program and how about their plans hereafter.

           This senior high school continued the exchange program with APU in this year as the third time. The teacher taking charge of this event said “it is not only beneficial for studying English, but it is also an opportunity for high school students to share different values, points of view, and to get in touch with foreign students who have high proficiency in purpose establishment in order to reach the goal.”

           Within the same Oita prefecture, the number of schools visiting APU has been increasing year by year in addition. For instance, there were 3,500 visitors last year. Thus this university is deemed as a good place to learn about distinctive cultures and life in university, and it seems to actively welcome everyone to discover!

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