兵庫教育大学において、創造科学科４期生（１年生）４０名が同大学に留学している外国人留学生・教員研修生１０名と英語を用いて交流会を行った。２回目の交流となる今回は、「人口問題」をテーマに話し合った。アイスブレーク活動とお互いの自己紹介の後、高校生は「日本の少子高齢化問題の課題と対策」について同様にプレゼンテーションを行い、留学生から「自国が抱える人口問題」についてパワーポイントを用いたプレゼンテーションを行っていただいた。難しいテーマではあったが、この一年間で培った経験を活かし、積極的に英語で議論する姿が印象的であった。
留学生の出身国は以下の通りです。
インドネシア、フィリピン、ミャンマー、グアテマラ、ガボン、モロッコ、チェコ、リヒテンシュタイン、台湾
〈生徒感想〉
I learn two main things. First one is the population problem of Taiwan. The problem is similar to Japan’s one. And Taiwanese women think they don’t want to have children. I think we can improve a working environment their thought. Second one is the importance of global communication. It is so difficult to communicate with each other by using English.
Guatemala doesn’t have any population problems now. But Guatemala will become a aging society because of a low birth rate in the future. They must think about solutions and developed nations should support them. I want to think them together. I can improve the communication between the Guatemalan student and I.
“Exchange with international students” was so nice, also I felt I must speak English more and more positively. I learned about the Czech Republic’s population problem. Czech Republic has the same problem in Japan; to concern many people in the big city. Also, there are differences of the problems between Czech Republic and Japan. They are nationality and religion. I thought about a solution of the problem (many people in the big city). They should make some companies and factors in the small city. If they do it, some people will go various city and the problem will be solved.
I’ve done my presentation well. I could answer the international student’s question and show our opinions. The international student agreed with our opinion. She made her presentation about Myanmar’s population problems. In Myanmar, there are a lot of babies now but they will age and it’ll cause some problems like Japan. So it is the time to think the solution now.
I am surprised at the Morocco’s literacy rate. It is serious problem in Morocco. Another problem is undeveloped medical care. There are 7.2 doctors in 10,000 people. I thought we have a great opportunity to see a lot of doctors in Japan. I had a good time to talk in English.