{"id":7304,"date":"2025-11-06T09:10:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T00:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/?p=7304"},"modified":"2025-11-06T09:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T00:10:50","slug":"international-course-news-no-72-1st-year-english-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/2025\/11\/international-course-news-no-72-1st-year-english-camp.html","title":{"rendered":"International Course NEWS No.72 1st Year English Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From Wednesday, October 29 to Friday, October 31, the first-year students of the International Course participated in the annual <strong>English Camp<\/strong> held at Asahi Kogen Nature House. This camp is one of the most important events in the department\u2019s curriculum. It lays the foundation for English debate skills, which students will continue to develop over the next three years through their English classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"358\" data-id=\"7288\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-10.png 676w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-10-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"355\" data-id=\"7287\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7287\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-9.png 788w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-9-300x135.png 300w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-9-768x346.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to four instructors from various countries including the Philippines and Singapore, four international students from Nagoya University\u2019s graduate school joined as assistants. With a total of eight instructors, students were divided into four groups of ten and engaged in intensive English training from morning to night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The debate topics were familiar and relevant, such as <strong>\u201cStudying abroad is necessary for gaining English communication skills\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cAll classes should be taught online.\u201d<\/strong> Students tackled these issues seriously, conducting thorough research and supporting their arguments with data. Many students are highly competitive, so the debate matches were particularly spirited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"308\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7285\" style=\"width:626px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7.png 592w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, the camp also included enjoyable activities like cross-cultural understanding sessions and English games. The freshly prepared meals served three times a day were also a highlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"339\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-8.png 642w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-8-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this enriching and challenging three-day experience, we witnessed remarkable growth in our students\u2019 communication skills and confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Wednesday, October 29 to Friday, October 31, the first-year students of the International Cours&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7304"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7304"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7307,"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7304\/revisions\/7307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}