Activity with Soponsor Companies

An Inter-exchange seminar with ten Chinese students, who study in Japan with support of scholarship by SUMITOMO CORPORATION, has been taken place on 11th March, 2024.  This is the 6th event which resumed last year after a three-year absence during 2020-22 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and this year is the second consecutive year that the seminar has been held. Six GLP-GEfIL students joined the seminar of the day.

Dr.Naoko Hosokawa, GLP mentor and a Project Lecturer, conducted a lecture and workshop tilted "Linguistic Diversity in the Era of Globalisation: Global Linguae Francae and Endangered Languages”. The workshop focused on the relationship between language and the ongoing globalization. We believe it was very interesting for Chinese students who are studying mainly Japanese language, culture, and history in Japan. First, Dr. Hosokawa gave a lecture on the theme. After the lecture, the participants were divided into four teams from both parties. The teams engaged in a lively exchange of opinions based on the topics, and finally, a representative of each team summarized their discussion at the end.  After the workshop, all students enjoyed at the get-together .

Ten Inter-exchange students from SUMITOMO CORPORATION are currently studying for a year at major universities in various parts of Japan, from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu in the south.  Although the seminar and the exchange meeting lasted only two and a half hours, the day was a great opportunity to deepen exchanges with GEfIL students who are interested in China and the Chinese language through lively discussions in a mixture of Japanese, English, and Chinese.

We plan to continue this event once a year in the future.

（2024/03/26）