My Great School Life in Australia

Hello !  How's it going ?  Everyone from Kansai University, good job, IELTS test !  I hope that everyone is feeling good after IELTS test !!  By the way, today, I would like to talk about how classes are in a foreign country; Australia, at ICTE-UQ, and how it is different between Japan and Australia in the way of teaching, teachers, classmates and so on.  Are you ready ?  Here we go !

my extraordinary teacher

 First of all, classes in Australia are much more interesting than those in Japan.  To be honest, I'm not familiar with being taught about grammar in English.  Therefore, I have to know about technical terms of grammar now.  In Japan, I don't have any opportunity to learn such things.  Therefore, this is one of the interesting points for me.  Also, during classes, games are often held.  They are so fun !  Games are part of classes !!!  I've never experienced in Japan.  Here, this picture shows the teacher who I really respect.  Her classes were awesome !  I wanna be a teacher like her.

the University of Queensland

At ICTE-UQ, I met a lot of people who have various kinds of nationalities such as Colombian, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, Saudi Arabian, Peruvian, Italian and so on.  So far in my life, I had less chance to talk with foreign people.  I can learn various range of cultural differences in food, lifestyle or the way of thinking.  Moreover, some students are already around 30 years old.  I was very surprised and impressed.  Such 30-year-old friends have their own admirable opinions and ideas.  I really respect them and I appreciate environment that I can talk with them.  Everyone around me are kind and nice! 

Japanese restaurant with KU students

However, most my friends will go back to thier own countries or change thier schools...  I  love them, so I feel sad and I miss them.  I reminded this proverb; "We never meet without a parting."  I believe that I will be able to see people again who I met here, in Australia.  Thus, I lead a marvelous life in Brisbane.  Anyway, I'll live one day at a time.  As you can see, I went to the Japanese restaurant with Kansai University students after IELTS test.  I ate so many delicious Japanese food.  I miss Japanese food...  I wanna go again !  Thank you for reading :-)

Cultural Differences between Australia and Japan

Hi, I'm Haruka.  How are you going?  Approximately two months have already passed since I came to Australia.  My English skill is still bad...  Anyway, I felt and experienced a lot of things.  And I realized some big differences in culture.  I wanna talk about three main differences between Australia and Japan.  Are you ready ??

Japanese Food Party

 First of all, punctuation of transport is totally different.  In Japan, most transportation comes on time.  Even though it is late a few minutes, those people who drive public transportation politely apologise to customers for being late.  On the other hand, in Australia, most buses are late frequently as if they take it for granted.  Moreover, buses sometimes disappear !!  This is unbelievable in Japan.  I'm often bothered by transportation. 

Secondly, obviously, eating culture is different. 

Makizushi

Of course, you know, main dish is different.  In Australia, rice is not common, so it is quite expensive here.  Also, the way of eating is different.  For example, most dishes in Australia are served without seasoning.  I'm staying with home stay family, and I always eat dishes with ketchup, pepper and so on by myself.  In Japan, we use flavorings when we cook.  Therefore, this is one of the most surprising points. 

Mexican Food Party

Lastly, most shops close very early especially on Sunday.  In Japan, the majority of shops open until late at night.  On the contrary, Australian shops basically close at 5 pm.  I was very surprised.  But I think it is a good culture.  This is because most falimy can eat dinner together.  Also, I realized how hard-working Japanese people are.  Anyway, in my opinion, there is no superiority or inferiority in culture.  I went to Japanese and Mexican food parties.  They were absolutely amazing!!  I wanna try various kinds food!  Thank you for reading.