2017年6月17日土曜日

Mystery Skype and Cultural Exchange with Cambodia

May 30, 2017

Today we talked with students in Cambodia on Skype.
They were very lively.


<Questions>
Do you border the sea? - Yes
Are you in an island country? -No
Are you in Asia? - Yes
Does your national flag have more than 2 colors? - 3 colors
Are you in Eastern Asia? - No
Are you in the southern hemisphere? - No
Do you border the South China sea? - Maybe yes.
Do you border Cambodia? - No
Do you border Thailand? - Yes
Are you in Cambodia? - YES!!

<Questions about Cambodia>
What language do you speak? - Cambodian language
How old are you? - 14 years old
Is your country hot now? - Yes
How many people are there in your country? - 9 million.

from Cambodia side
They could speak Japanese a little. We were very surprised.
They taught us about Cambodia.
Someday we want to visit Cambodia.
We want them to come to Japan!

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(Teacher's Comment)

According to the UN, Cambodia is listed as one of the least developed countries throughout Asia. Providing kids in such nations with education is challenging but always worth trying.
In that sense, this session was a little special. The Cambodian pupils we interacted this time usually study at CBB School, a language school in Kompong Cham Province in Cambodia owned by Japanese organization, for free. This is because people in the region live with very low income: $3 a day, about $100 - 150 at most and lots of children there go to work to support their family. But if they could speak English or Japanese, they will have more options for the job, which will eventually lead to increase their income. That's why CBB School provides language education for free.

We will keep in touch with them. Hopefully many classes around the world connect with them in the coming new schoolyear.

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