Opening Ceremony for Intensive Japanese Course for Monbukagakusho Scholarship Students in October 2019

The opening ceremony for the Intensive Japanese Course for the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship Students who entered the University of Tsukuba in October of 2019 was held at the University of Tsukuba Center for Education of Global Communication (CEGLOC) on October 1. Students who take the course and CEGLOC staff participated in the ceremony.

The ceremony started with an opening speech by Professor Masaki Ono of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Director of the Japanese Language Education Division of the CEGLOC Director). In the speech, he encouraged international students.

A total of 10 international students, including 8 students of the Japanese Language Teacher Training Course and 2 students who intend to enter the graduate school, will take the four-month Japanese language course at CEGLOC. By participating in various events on and off campus, the students are expected to become familiar with Japanese language and culture, easing their transition to Japanese life and academia. They are expected to become a good spokesman for Japan as a teacher back in their homeland.

The students of the Intensive Japanese Course who entered the university in October 2019 are from the following nations:
Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, Nigeria, New Zealand, Brazil, Malawi