kcjs c ultural o rientation 2012-2013 scott parks, student advisor – [email protected]
TRANSCRIPT
INTRODUCTORY VIDEO!
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MAPS
DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY
Fusoukan ( 扶桑館 ) International Center KCJS! KCJS Library ( 図書室 )
Meitokukan ( 明徳館 ) Cafeteria ( 食堂 ) Conbini ( コンビニ ) International Lounge Stationary Store Coffee Shop ( 喫茶店 )
Doshisha Library ( 図書館 ) Kanbaikan ( 寒梅館 )
Study spaces Cafe
KCJS CENTER
Program Director:Lindsay
Yotsukura
Librarian:Michiko
Nakanishi
Assistant Director:
Fusako Shore
Housing Coordinator:Tazuko Wada
Financial Officer:Yoshiko Hollstein
CLIMATE
Summer 夏
冬 Winter
TRANSPORTATION
Train / SubwayBusBike
TRANSPORTATION
Train / Subway
HOUSING
Three options:ApartmentHome StayKajiwara House
LIVING WITH A HOST FAMILY
Meals / Food Toilets, bath Saving energy Internet Provided House expectations Follow Customs Gifts IT VARIES A LOT
LIVING WITH A HOST FAMILY
Do’s
• Say Yes • Engage • Invite • Respect • Help Out
Don’t
• Be Wasteful • Discuss
Money (and other sensitive topics)
• Wait • Be Shy
MEETING JAPANESE STUDENTS
DESA / KIXS Joining Clubs (CIP) Student Auditors Other International
Students Be Outgoing!
TYPICAL DAY
7:15 Wake Up 7:15 – 8:15 AM Breakfast / Get Ready 8:20 – 9:00 Commute 9:10 – 12:00 (2 hours only) Language Classes 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch 13:10 – 19:00
Afternoon Classes Free Time Commute Homework + Host Family Time
19:00 – 20:00 Dinner 20:00 – 23:00 HW + Host Family 23:00 Sleep!
LOGISTICS - SAFETY
Very Safe!
Chikan / Women’s Only Cars
LOGISTICS - MONEY
CASH BASED SOCIETY ¥ ¥ ¥ Utilize CitiBank and Post Office ATMS ( ゆう
ちょ銀行 ) Exchange rates. 円高 Have access to multiple sources of money Transportation and food stipends from KCJS Exchange rate / Endaka ( 円高 ) $1 ~ ¥80
LOGISTICS - COMMUNICATION
Cell Phones 3 companies – Softbank, NTT Docomo, Au Try to get phones from SCTI??? Prepaid plans buy phone cards at convenience
stores Use texting (mail / メール ) over calling. ¥3000
for unlimited メール Mail
Send it to the KCJS center Have a reliable way of staying in touch with
loved ones
関西弁／京都弁(KANSAI-BEN / KYOTO-BEN)
Ooki ni arigatou
Akan dame
Meccha totemo
Chau chigau
Honma hontou ni
Aho baka
~ya da
~wa ~yo
~de ~yo
Tabeharu taberu (only Kyoto)
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
AVOID 外人 SMASH Talking on the phone and eating
on trains Talking on the phone in confined
spaces Take shoes off indoors Punctuality Avoid eating while walking Don’t leave chopsticks in food
Nomikai ( 飲み会 )
KCJS PROGRAM STUFF
Community Involvement Project (CIP)http://kcjs.jp/cip/blog/
Language Partner Fall Trip Bowling
いってらっしゃい！！ [email protected]