A Class Exchange with Students of the University of Wisconsin-Superior

7 students from Ibaraki University enrolled in the Japanese Pop Culture A class (First Quarter, 2022) and 23 students studying Japanese language at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in the United Sates interacted online. During the exchange, the participants were divided into groups and meet twice to discuss current issues that they were interested in from April 20 to May 6. On the morning of Saturday, May 7, Japan Time (evening in Wisconsin), all the participants got together on ZOOM and had a session to report what they had discussed in each group. Students commented that “Having conversations with them has open my mind to new perspective and to think broader.” and “It was really exciting because i can communicate with a lot of new people from another country and widen up my knowledge about habits and culture in another country.”

The students will compile what they have discussed and create an online article as an assignment for this class.