4月19日（土）、ESS部員8名は今年度に入って初めての「てらこや友遊」で英語の授業をするために菅原東小学校へ行きました。学年が一つ上がった小学生を前に、また新たな気持ちで英語の授業を行いましたが、グローバルビジネス学部1年生の部員は初めての体験に最初はドキドキしたようです。「動物」をテーマに、記憶力ゲームなどをして盛り上がりました。下記はGBICの学生の感想です。

G14043 Madoka Sawada

Last April 19th I went to Sugawara Higashi elementary school to teach English to the students of this school. I was worried about teaching the children because it was my first time to join this project. So, I looked at what the others were doing and followed them. At first the children didn't talk to me. But what I did was, I taught them slowly and then they tried to talk to me in English.

When I was a child, I wasn't active like them. So I was very happy to see them very active. Joining this project made me realize again that English is fun.  I thought that Japanese can be good at English by studying harder.

G14081 Rifi Fu

Last Saturday April 19th I went to the elementary school and played with the children using English. At first I was very nervous, but finally I relaxed. It was an exciting day.We taught animal names in English, taught songs and played a card game.

I was surprised, because they know a lot more animal names than me. To tell you the truth, there are several animals that I don't know in English. I realized that I have to study more. It looked as if their eyes were shining when studying English. They looked very excited to study English, so I was also excited to teach them.

To communicate with children is difficult because they are different to adults. Children are very honest. Not only this experience can make you notice the enjoyment of studying English but it can also improve your ability of communication.It was a nice experience for me, so I'm inviting everyone to join this project. It's your turn.