【海外インターンシップ／モントレー国際大学院】報告
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Post-event Reports
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2016.9.13 |
2016年9月4日（日）から10月2日（日）まで、モントレー国際大学院（アメリカ・モントレー）にて、4期生の佐藤彰典さん、奥田 匠さん、岸 本悠希さん、川嶋裕介さん、平山翔太さん、原田頌子さん、佐藤あすかさん、松村憲佑さんの8名が、海外インターンシップを行っております。
以下、チームリーダーの佐藤彰典さんからの報告です。
2016年9月12日／No.1
I am Akinori Sato, IPBS 4th student. I will give a report about our activities in the first week in Monterey.
We spent a week in Monterey without big problems. Monterey is city located nearby ocean. There is big temperature difference between daytime and night time. It is colder than Japan especially in the mooning because of fog. We stay with homestay family and go to Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) from the home. They are very kind and I had a nice time with them at home.
On last Sunday, we arrived at San Francisco and moved to Monterey by bus. It took more time than we expected because of a trafic jam. We met our host family at MIIS and went their home soon after we arrived Monterey. On Monday, most of us ate lunch with Ayako who is a student of MIIS and our coodinater, and after that, she guided us in MIIS and downtown of Monterey. On Tuesday, we had an orientation about MIIS and classes we have. And we met some our teachers at first. They are also very kind. After school, we went to farmer's market in downtown. Many fresh vegetable and fruits were sold there. On Wednesday and Thursday, we had first classes. We have 5 type classes to improve our English skills such as presentation, discussion, writing, pronunciation and so on. Since this week was first, classes did not progress much but there were already many surprising things for us about English. On Friday, we visited Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsuka (CHOMP) as a part of class "site visit". We looked around the hospital and learn difference from Japanese hospital and their strategies to make the hospital comfortable for patients. On Saturday, we visit Monterey bay aquarium with Ayako. We watched many animals, fishes, and feeding them. When feeding, we saw a dynamic movement of animals or fishes, it was so interesting. On this Sunday, we spent our time with homestay family individually. My host father took me 17-mile drive, where I saw beautiful view of ocean and beach. After that, we had a barbecue and enjoyed communicating.
In the first week, I found many differences between Monterey and Osaka, they were interesting. From next week, classes will progress much for three weeks. We will participate the classes and try to improve our English skills as much as possible in this internship.
Sincerely,
Akinori Sato
Walking Tour of Monterey
Program Orientation
2016年9月19日／No.2
以下、佐藤あすかさんからの報告です。
I am Asuka Sato. I will write about activity on Sep. 12-18.
On Monday and Wednesday, we took panel discussion classes from 9 to 11:50 am and academic discussion classes from 1 to 2:50 pm. Heading towards the final presentation, we talked about our own topics each other and trained our presentation skills. In addition, we invited a surgeon and a physical therapist and deepened our clinical knowledge.
On Tuesday and Thursday, we took pronunciation classes from 9 to 9:50 am, writing for academic purpose classes from 10:00 to 11:50 am, and current events classes from 1:00 to 2:50 pm. In the pronunciation classes, we learned the way to pronounce all vowels and some consonants. In the writing classes, we study how to read academic papers. And in the current event classes, we chose a scientific article and introduced the content to the colleagues.
On Friday, we visited the Central Avenue Pharmacy and the Monterey Bay Meditation Studio for a site visit. In the pharmacy, we were surprised at various inventions to prescribe drugs for patients decently, and in the studio, we exactly experienced what was meditation.
On Saturday, we went to San Francisco! We visited the Golden Gate Bridge and the California Academy of Science. Unfortunately, because it was foggy, we can't the whole image of the bridge. But It was so wonderful! In the academy, we watched various animals all over the world. I was especially impressed at an albino alligator and interested in the difference between an alligator and a crocodile.
On Sunday, we enjoyed our free time. Most of us went to the Monterey Jazz Festival. In my case, my host mother's friend came to us, and we went to watch a suspense movie. I was so scared.
In the second week, while being perplexed by the speaking speed of the local people, we gradually became familiar with it. And we made friends with other students in MIIS through the Forum.
Best regards,
Asuka Sato
2016年9月26日／No.3
以下、川嶋裕介さんからの報告です。
I am Yusuke Kawashima. I would like to write a report about activity on Sep. 19-26.
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we took panel discussion classes from 9 to 11:50 am and academic discussion classes from 1 to 2:50 pm. For the final presentation, we made some slides about our own topics and practiced presentation with what we done so far. In addition, we invited a mind therapist. She gave us a lot of information about Mindfulness and its benefit based on the result of research she conducted.
On Tuesday and Thursday, we took pronunciation classes from 9 to 9:50 am, writing for academic purpose classes from 10:00 to 11:50 am, and current events classes from 1:00 to 2:50 pm. In the pronunciation classes, we learned the way to pronounce the rest of consonants from the previous week on. In the writing classes, we study how to write academic papers. And in the current event classes, we talked about what we want to talk on a glass outdoor.
On Saturday, we went whale watching. Fortunately, we found some dolphins and whales. It was a very nice experience to watch them closely. Some of us suffered from a slight motion sickness firstly, but recovered finally.
On Sunday, we enjoyed our free time. One of us went to a church, one of us ate out with host families.
The next week is the last week of our stay. We would like to work hard to make a good presentation on the last day.
Best regards,
Yusuke Kawashima
Guest lecturer Whale watching
2016年10月1日／No.4
以下、松村憲佑さんからの報告です。
I am Kensuke Matsumura. I will write about what we learn and obtain in this internship to Monterey.
Because we joined some social events, such as Japan Forum, Social Hour, Nihongo Dake Dinner, and so on, we could many friends. In the last week, we could talk with our friends in the campus of MIIS. And we sometimes went to a rock climbing gym with our friends after school. These were an experience campus life in the US.
I was surprised some cultures in the US. First, Fathers value their families. Everyday many fathers ate dinner with their families. They spent holidays with their families. What surprised me most was that many fathers discussed the commitment to their families in a church on weekend. Thus, I felt that time with family was most important for a father in the US. A lot of Japanese academic researchers spend much time on their research. As a result of this internship abroad, I'd like to become a researcher who can value my family. Second, government and many companies think that the military is very important job. Because my host father was an airman, I lived in Seaside, an army area. There is a very large market for military. Only the military people can enter the market and buy cheaply something. Some companies discount their products for the military people.
We studied English pronunciation, writing, and presentation. In the pronunciation class, the teacher, Chris Hart, exactly told us why our pronunciation was bad and how improve it, because she knew Japanese. That class impressed us. However, we can still speak with correct pronunciation very slowly. So, we must practice every day.
In the writing class, we learned how we write an abstract of an article. Writing an abstract is most challenging for us, because abstract must attract readers by very short paragraphs. In this class, we actually practiced writing abstracts of a certain article and our research. It was a very valuable opportunity that the native English speaking teacher corrected our writings. After the presentation class, we can use body language and facial expression. On this Friday, we presented about each topics that we chose. The style of presentation is like TED talk. We enjoyed presentation because the response of the audience, the students of MIIS, was so good! In Japan, we want to do our presentation using body language and facial expression positively.
The most important thing is that we don't fear speaking with native speakers in English.
Best regards,
Kensuke Matsumura