NHK University Seminar held with approximately 150 participants including undergraduate and graduate students

Participating students and Pac'n Makkun

With the aim of contributing to university learning, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) will hold a lecture-type event, ``NHK University Seminar,'' in which program performers and producers are dispatched to universities across the country as lecturers, on October 17th in Chiba. Held on the Togane campus, 150 people participated, including students and graduate students from Faculty of International Humanities, Faculty of Tourism, and Faculty Faculty of Media Studies.

On this day, we will invite the American-Japanese comedy duo "Pak'n Makkun" to be our instructors, and we will talk about communication techniques and tips for learning foreign languages in a fun way, such as how you don't have to be a perfectionist when it comes to English conversation, as well as cross-cultural exchange. They talked about the fun of playing with comedy.

In their humorous lectures, they also incorporated interaction between students, and the students who participated said, ``Rather than seeing English as a 'language,' we need to change our perception of English as a tool for communicating with people. I thought this would be the first step in learning.Next time, I would like to start a conversation with ``Hello'' without hesitating because I don't think I can speak English. I was able to realize once again the joy and joy of introducing myself to others, letting them get to know me, and finding things we have in common.When it comes to English conversation, "You don't have to aim for perfection." I changed my way of thinking and learned a lot. ” and the event ended with great success.

Participants finding common ground through self-introduction

Pakkun Makkun talks to students about his experiences