I spent almost eight months at North Central College\nfor and I could understand how NCC life was and how the\nculture is different from that of Japan. \nIn this paper, I would like to talk about why I want to recommend North\nCentral College for study abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, the classroom is\nwell-organized. There are so many classes that accommodate a very tiny number\nof students from ten to twenty students. In these classes, students are active\non discussing. In my education class, for example, we were not only talking\nabout how we would teach English to students, but also, we demonstrated how to\nteach in front of the audience. It was a precious experience to me because I\nhave never taught subjects except English as it is my second language. I had a\nsuper difficult time both content and language. Usually, educators in Japan\nteach content in Japanese except English classes. However, I had to look up\nwords in my dictionary every time I taught content because I did not come up\nwith any idea on how to teach it in English. Moreover, I gave tons of\npresentation in two terms. To present my opinions, I had to practice a lot\nbecause my speaking skill was terrible. To make other students understand my\nthoughts, I asked my friends to listen to my presentation and improve my\nspeaking skill. They supported me not only with pronunciation but also changing\nmy vocabulary for the better in my presentation. So, the small classes are very\nbeneficial to improve English skills, especially speaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second, people can experience different culture. As I spent time in America, I went through many American celebrations such as Thanksgiving Days and Christmas Days. In addition to these festivals in America, I went to Chinese New Year Day. What I want to say here is that people can try tons of cultural events in America. I did not realize until I came back to Japan that there are so many different ethnic groups in America. In my opinion, there will be tons of international students in Iwate due to globalization. And, it will be more important to understand different culture and behavior so that they can support international students. My Chinese friend, went to back to China to celebrate New Year Day even though she had classes. Also, I tried to shake another friend\u2019s hand, and she rejected my request because of her culture. Both of these cultural conflicts spread out my point of view. \u00a0Going abroad provide people with coherent ideas of different culture and it will be useful in interacting with students who have another culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In summary, you can learn not only\nEnglish skills but also understand different cultural aspects at the same time.\nI hope you will apply to North Central College and have a great time there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I spent almost eight months at North Central College for and I could understand how NCC life was and how the culture is different from that of Japan. In this paper, I would like to talk about why I want to recommend North Central College for study abroad. First, the classroom is well-organized. There are so many classes that accommodate a very tiny number of students from ten to twenty students. In these classes, students are active on discussing. In my education class, for example, we were not only talking about how we would teach English to students, but also, we demonstrated how to teach in front of the audience. 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