＜日本語/English＞学生たちがポップサーカスの公演鑑賞をし、外国人パフォーマーと交流しました。

English below.

 

西宮市で開催されている『ポップサーカス西宮公演』で5月27日、本学の学生9人が鑑賞しサーカス団の外国人パフォーマーと英語で交流しました。

 

ポップサーカスは世界12カ国のパフォーマーが集結したサーカス団です。多文化共生への理解を深めるため、本学の英語文化学科4人、教育学科2人、社会情報学科1人、交換留学生2人の計9人がパフォーマーとの交流会に参加しました。

国際色豊かなパフォーマンスを鑑賞した後、6人のパフォーマーと参加した学生たち全員が英語で交流。サーカス団のパフォーマーになったきっかけや普段の生活について質問しました。

 

英語文化学科3年の前野奈菜さん、石井凜さん、平野佑奈さんは「言語、文化、価値観などが異なるパフォーマーの皆さんが共に生活し、同じゴールに向かって一つの素晴らしいショーを仕上げていることやその情熱に感動した」と話しました。

 

社会情報学科1年の眞鍋理沙さんは「サーカス団の皆さんのように、人に楽しさや喜びを伝えられる人になりたい」、教育学科3年の横山夏希さんは「挑戦することの大切さを子どもに伝えられる教師になりたい」、村上詩乃さんは「国によってパフォーマンスの特徴が異なり、面白かった」と思いを語りました。

 

また、交換留学生の日本語日本文学科4年のパクソンヨンさんは「サーカスのショーが想像以上に面白かった」、コウヒンキさんは「サーカス団の皆さんと交流できてよかった」と話しました。

 

引率した英語グローバル学科の田中真由美准教授は「今回の交流会は学生にとって、コミュニケーションや異文化理解、挑戦し続けることの大切さについて学ぶ貴重な機会となりました」と話しています。

 

Students watched a pop circus performance and interacted with performers.

 

On May 27, nine Mukogawa Women’s University students attended the "Pop Circus Nishinomiya" performance held in Nishinomiya City and interacted with the circus troupe's foreign performers.

 

Pop Circus is a circus troupe that brings together performers from 12 countries around the world. In order to deepen their understanding of multiculturalism, a total of nine students, four from the Department of English Language and Culture, two from the Department of Education, one from the Department of Social Informatics, and two international exchange students, participated in the exchange with the performers.

 

After viewing the performances, the students interacted with the six performers. They asked questions about how they became circus performers and about their daily lives.

 

Nana Maeno, Rin Ishii, and Yuna Hirano, third-year students in the Department of English Language and Culture, said they were impressed by the burning passion of the performers, who were all from different cultures and languages, values, living together and working toward the same goal to create a spectacular show.

 

Risa Manabe, a first-year student in the Department of Social Informatics, said, "I want to become a person who can convey joy and pleasure to others like the circus performers do," Natsuki Yokoyama, a third-year student in the Department of Education, said, "I want to become a teacher who can convey to children the importance of facing challenges," and Shino Murakami said, "It was interesting to see the different characteristics of performances in each country.” Shino Murakami shared her thoughts, "It was interesting to see the different characteristics of the performances in each country.”

 

International exchange students, Park Seonyeong, a fourth-year student in the Department of Japanese Language and Literature, said, "The circus show was more interesting than I had imagined," and Huang Pin-xi added, "I was glad to have the opportunity to interact with the circus performers.”

 

Associate Professor Mayumi Tanaka of the Department of English and Global Studies, who led the exchange, said, "This exchange program was a valuable opportunity for the students to learn about communication, cross-cultural understanding, and the importance of continuing to challenge themselves.”