【オーストラリア留学, オーストラリア研修2011】 2011/8/17 水曜日 — 10:28:19







【Friday August 12th, 2011】
Today with the sun shining and a beautiful clear sky, we returned to school for a regular day of classes. The day started off with students being picked up by their buddies and taken to regular classes for the morning portion of the day. Again, the experiences had by students were very varied but I think as time passes and the students gain experience in these classes, so to will their confidence grow as to will their ability to cope with all the challenges that arise while here in Australia.
今日、天気は晴れ。今日は授業でした。午前はパートナーと一緒に一般授業、午後はESL授業です。このあいだと同じように、一般授業で、色々な経験が出来ました。皆、徐々に慣れるとともに自信がついていくと思います。
In the afternoon, the two classes joined together and headed to the library for a research task. The students were arranged into pairs and each were given an Australian animal to research for 45 minutes. At the end of the 45 minutes, the pairs were required to present their findings to the group (of course this was to be done in English!). At first, I was a little concerned about whether or not the students would be able to complete this task but I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by everyone’s performance. Each group did a great job of researching their animals and were able to present this information to their groups in English- quite an achievement!
昼間は皆が現地校の図書館に集まり、特別な研究活動をやりました。ペアに分かれ、各ペアでオーストラリアの動物を研究し、最後にグループの前でプレゼンすることになりました。正直言って、英語のプレゼンが出来るのか心配がありました。しかし、皆協力してしっかり自分の動物を研究して素敵なプレゼンが出来ました!
This was a great way to finish off the week and as I bid the students farewell as they left that day with their host families, I wondered what kind of things would they see and do this weekend. I look forward to hearing about it all on Monday morning!
良い1週間を過ごしたと思います。今週末、ホストファミリーと何をするのでしょう。月曜日にその事を聞くのが楽しみです。
【Monday August 13th, 2011】
Again we were greeted with the sun shining and what looked like to be a beautiful day. Arriving at school, I was greeted by the students who were already relaying to their friends what they had done, seen and eaten over the previous weekend. This time I heard such things as “we went to the museum”, “we had a barbecue on the beach” and even “we spent the weekend on a boat!”. From most accounts it sounds like a wonderful time is being had.
今日も天気は晴れ。私が学校に着いたときに、もう学校に着いていた生徒達はどんな週末を過ごしたかについて話していました。「博物館へ行った」、「ビーチでバーベキューをやった!」、「船で週末を過ごしました!」等の声が聞こえました。色々な素晴らしい体験が出来たようです。
Starting off the day, we went to the fortnightly held school assembly. It started off with the students singing the national anthem, “Advance Australia Fair” and then the school song. Following that, many awards were given out for the many different sports played here at St. Pauls.
一日の始まりに学校の二週間会に参加しました。国歌「Advance Australia Fair」と校歌を歌い、スポーツ活動に対してたくさんの賞が贈られました。
Following the assembly, the students went to the ESL lesson which focused on describing what they had done over the weekend. Specific focus was placed on using the past tense forms for different verbs. To warm up, the students discusses what they each did on their weekends and then they reviewed some grammar and vocabulary related to this. After that students then wrote a diary entry describing what they did over the weekend. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the accuracy and amount of writing that the students did.
集会終了後、ESL授業を受けました。最初、皆が 「open talk」 でどんな週末を過ごしたかについて話しました。最後に皆が先週末について日記を書きました。皆、一生懸命、日記を書き、素敵で長い日記を書く事が出来たことに感動していました。
After lunch, students were again paired up with their buddies for an afternoon of regular classes.
昼食後、生徒達はパートナーと一緒に一般授業を受けました。
また来週ご報告いたします。

