JAPN 420 - Maximizing Study Abroad Experiences
Your study abroad experience is potentially a rich opportunity for you to enhance your language skills and deepen your understanding of other cultures, people and their practices. This course provides the resources to help you prepare to maximize your study abroad experiences. This course is taught in English.
Meets MLO 5
Meets MLO 5
Course Reflective Narrative
Although I never had the opportunity to study abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I was still required to take JAPN 420 as part of my MLO 5 requirement. This course was structured to best prepare students for their study abroad experiences in the near future by addressing the logistics about choosing and applying for a university to study abroad at to dealing with culture shock after you've begun your exchange. Even though this course was taught online, the information provided was very useful in relation to the study abroad process.
We also created profiles and accounts, such as this website, to share our experiences with the world and our peers. Another account I made in relation to this course was my Instagram profile @travel.with_vee. Although I've since turned the account into my personal travel blog, my initial posts are still visible, which show images from my everyday life with insights in how differences in language and culture may be perceived by other cultures to broaden my perspective.
We also created profiles and accounts, such as this website, to share our experiences with the world and our peers. Another account I made in relation to this course was my Instagram profile @travel.with_vee. Although I've since turned the account into my personal travel blog, my initial posts are still visible, which show images from my everyday life with insights in how differences in language and culture may be perceived by other cultures to broaden my perspective.