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| JA36 |
June 25 - July 24, 2008 |
$6,650 |
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Program Overview
During travel, high school students have the opportunity to communicate with local people, make an authentic Japanese meal, eat with hashi (chopsticks) and bathe in a deep, steaming hot ofuro tub. Participants learn firsthand what it is like to live in a Japanese family and explore both new and old traditions. They will visit some of the world’s largest metropolitan areas, as well as the beautiful seacoast.
Itinerary
Students fly into the new Kansai International Airport and spend 10 days together at a Japanese
Inn in the Kansai (Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto) area of Japan. The orientation is an intense study of life
in Japan and teaches the language skills necessary to communicate on a daily basis. Day trips
to temples, shrines and castles give insight into Japanese history and culture, while
activities such as shopping, eating out and karaoke offer students a chance to experience pop
culture in Japan.
Next students take the shinkansen (bullet train) to Fukuoka City, on the southern
end of Japan for a ten-day homestay. In Fukuoka, participants go to school with their host
siblings in the morning, meet for classes, and then return home with their host siblings to
their host families.
The final portion of the trip begins with a three-day trip to Hiroshima. There
participants will study history, hear stories from an A-bomb survivor and tour historic areas.
The final destination is Tokyo, where participants visit a local market, tour significant
sites and shop before returning to the United States.
| 8:00-9:00 |
Breakfast and daily announcements |
| 9:00-12:15 |
Language classes |
| 12:15 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 |
Depart for excursion/afternoon activity |
| 7:00 |
Dinner |
| 8:00 |
Required study time |
| 9:00 |
Free time |
| 10:00 |
Oyasuminasai (good night!) - everyone in own rooms |
| 11:00 |
Lights out |
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Event |
| 1 |
Pre-assessment and Orientation; overnight in San Francisco |
| 2 |
Flight to Osaka, Japan |
| 3 |
Arrival in Kyoto: check into hotel; Mini group lesson: Japanese Style Bath |
| 4 |
Class: Mini group lesson: Using telephone cards and making international calls. Eastern Kyoto-southern Higashiya walking tour: ancient temples and shrines, student presentation |
| 5 |
Class: Mini group lesson: How to ride trains, buy tickets, use turnstile
Nara Koen walking tour: park, temple, student presentation |
| 6 |
Class: Mini group lesson: Post Office; Umeda walking media tour: a look at Japanese music, books, magazines, comics and movies. |
| 7 |
Class: Kyoto: Visit Golden Pavilion Temple and rock garden. Afternoon excursion to North Tokyo: Dragon Temple and Ritsumeikan International Peace Museum |
| 8 |
Class: Kobe Earthquake tour |
| 9 |
Class: Afternoon Excursion, Student Presentations |
| 10 |
Class: Shopping in Umeda, Osaka |
| 11 |
Class: Tour Arashiyama in Kyoto: Explore bamboo groves and hiking.
Student Presentations
Dinner: students make traditional Japanese meal |
| 12 |
Class: Student Presentations, Tour of Nara |
| 13 |
Departure to Shingu-shi, arrive in Shingu: Meet host families and begin
homestay! |
| 14 |
Host Family |
| 15-19 |
Student and host sibling go to school together. Class (Classes are held daily at the local Japanese high school for two hours per day.) Student and host sibling return home together |
| 20-21 |
Host family |
| 22 |
Student and host sibling go to school together. Class: Student and host sibling return home together |
| 23 |
Class: Goodbye, the party |
| 24 |
Depart for Hiroshima. Write “Thank you” letter and send at local post office. Check-in to Hiroshima hotel |
| 25 |
Class: Hiroshima: Tour Hiroshima peace park, A-bomb museum, student presentation |
| 26 |
Class: Miyajima: student presentation |
| 27 |
Depart for Tokyo. Arrival in Tokyo/check-in to hotel. Walking tour: Student presentations |
| 28 |
Attend Japanese baseball game at Yokohama Stadium. Student presentation |
| 29 |
Walking tour: Fuji Television Building, Tokyo Tower, Royal Residence,
Yasukuni-jinja, Asakusa, Harajuku, Shibuya, Roppongi Hills |
| 30 |
Tour Tsukiji Market: Student presentation. Pack for departure, Celebratory/farewell dinner |
| 31 |
Check-out; travel to Narita Airport; return to the United States |
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 Dr. Jason (Jei) Goulah is Dean of the Japanese Study Abroad program. Jei has been Dean of Japanese Study Abroad for five years and is currently a professor in Chicago. From 2000-2007, Jei was a language instructor (Japanese, ESL, and Russian) and Co-Director of the Academy of International Studies at North Tonawanda High School in North Tonawanda, New York. In 2005, Jei served as an adjunct in the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo and, from 2000-2001, as Senior Lecturer of Japanese at Niagara University in New York. He taught English in Japan from 1995-1999.
Jei earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction in Second and Foreign Language Education, an M.Ed. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and a B.A. in Japanese and Russian: Languages and Cultural Studies at the University at Buffalo; the first American graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University School of Law (Japan), Jei earned an LL.M. in Fundamental Laws in 1999. From 2004-2005, Jei served as a researcher on Buddhism and Japanese secular law for the Law and Buddhism Project with the University at Buffalo Law School ‘s Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy.
Jei’s research interests include transformative second and foreign language learning, Makiguchian and sociocultural approaches to learning and development, educating immigrant students from the Former Soviet Union, and language, identity and new literacies. His research articles have appeared in such journals as Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, Foreign Language Annals, and Journal of Transformative Education.
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