Symposiums

The First SMILE* Symposium

*Students Meet Internationally through Language Education

【Date】
Saturday 20 February 2021

【Maximum attendance】
100 people

【Venue】
Zoom (URL will be emailed to registered participants. Details for registration is available at the bottom of this page)

【Language】
Japanese

【Purpose】
We would like to share with interested attendees the most important aspects of some valuable experiences by high school teachers and students who participated in the first cohort of the SMILE project, carried out from October to December 2020 with two pairs of schools from Taiwan and Japan. Teachers and students from both Taiwan and Japan will share their many interesting (and some unexpected) experiences. Before and after their presentations, Professor Wakabayashi and Professor Iio, Directors of WILL*, will talk about the theoretical background behind the SMILE project and the results of their initial analysis of effects of the project.
*WILL: Workshop Initiative for Language Learning. A general corporation established in 2020, whose goal is to facilitate the realization of human capacities for learning languages.

【Languages】
English and Japanese
Presentations from Taiwanese High Schools are all in English. Other parts are primarily in Japanese.

【Schedule】(JST)
13:00-13:30 Opening and Explanation of the Aims of the Symposium

13:30-14:30 Project Report by Ichihara Chuo Senior High School (Chiba, Japan) and DongGang Senior High School (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

1. Overview
2. Presentation by Ichihara Chuo Senior High School
   Mr. Yuichi KIJIMA and students
3. Presentation by Dong Gang Senior High School
   Mr. Jack Li Zhi Zheng and students
4. Question and Answer Session

14:30-14:40 Break

14:40-15:40 Project Report by Hinode Gakuen Senior High School (Chiba, Japan) and Fu Cheng Senior High School (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

1. Overview
2. Presentation by Hinode Gakuen Senior High School
   Mr. Shigeru ISHIKAWA and students
3. Presentation by Fu Cheng Senior High School
   Ms. Lin Yi Bei, Ms. Tina Wen Lin, and students
4. Question and Answer Session

15:40-16:00 Future plans for SMILE
16:00-16:10 Question and Answer Session
16:10 Closing
16:15-17:30 Consultation (pre-registration required)

Registration will close at 21:00 (JST), 17 February 2021.
All registered individuals will receive the Zoom URL by email.