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Report:Cultural understanding by international students at UEC through school visits

December 19, 2022

On December 10th and 13th, 2022, a school visit by an international student of our university was held at Toho Girls' Junior and Senior High School. After the welcome speech in English by the student at the school, Luis Bringas, a JUSST※1 student talked about his university, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexican food culture, and recommended locations to visit in his home country. He also shared his studies on hand gesture recognition research in Takahashi laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications. He gave a lecture in English, and according to the impressions of the students who listened enthusiastically through the lecture, they were intrigued to hear about the origins of the name, Mexico (Metizili (moon), xicili (center), and co (place)), the mexican food culture, the beautiful nature in Mexico, and about Luis' research on hand gesture recognition that can be used for future medical treatment.

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On December 14th, a school visit by an international student of our university was held at Toho Girls' Junior and Senior High School. After the welcome speech in English by the student at the school, Antonia Holsten, a JUSST※1 student, talked about her university, The University of Bremen, German culture, and landscapes across Germany. She also shared her studies on robot learning in the Kudoh and Kimura laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications. She delivered her presentation in English. According to the feedback collected after the lecture, many students were fascinated to learn about the annual celebrations, working styles, and history in Germany, and Antonia's research on bento-box packing by robots. They were also impressed to know that kebab, a meat dish originated from the middle east, is now very popular in Germany.

※1:JUSST (Japanese University Studies in Science and Technology) ・短期交換留学プログラム

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UEC Self Access Park (UECSAP) promotes high school-university collaboration and is engaged in on-site lectures by international students of the university at your educational facility. If you are interested, please contact us through this web page.

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