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CWAJ
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
CWAJ has built an excellent reputation
for supplying English language services to a wide cross section of the
Tokyo metropolitan area. Support for foreign students, school
children and the disabled are available through the efforts of three
dedicated subgroups of CWAJ multicultural members.
The Children’s English
Circle: the original after-school program in Tokyo for returning Japanese
children who wish to maintain their English language skills after living
in an English speaking country. The CEC program, which meets three
afternoons a month, blends learning with play through reading aloud,
singing, reciting poetry, and other interactive activities.
The
Foreign Students' Circle: monthly
educational and cultural program for foreign university students
studying in Japan as undergraduates, graduates, exchange or research
students. Each student is assigned a CWAJ volunteer who acts as a
mentor during the term. The FSC serves to introduce students of many
nationalities to each other as well as to the intricacies of Japanese
culture.
The Volunteers for
Visually Impaired: weekly pioneering program whereby pairs of volunteers
conduct English classes at the Japanese Vocational Development Center
for the Blind. VVI partners with Tsukuba High School for the Blind to
prepare students for the EIKEN exam, and organizes quarterly social
gatherings for students and adults with visual impairments who wish to
practice their English skills.
►KOEIKEN Speech & Drama Programs: CWAJ provides
native English speakers as judges at a speech contest and a drama
contest organized by English Language
Teachers’ Association of Tokyo.
Last October, the English Speech Contest of Tokyo Senior High School Students
was held at Tokyo Metropolitan Harumi Sogo Senior High School, gathering
14 students for Part 1(Prepared Speech Contest) and 6 students for Part
2 (Extemporaneous Speech Contest). All the students were well prepared
and spoke well on the stage. The CWAJ judge
gave instructive advice and encouraging words to all participants.
To learn more about
our Education programs, please contact
Education@cwaj.org.
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