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They are very happy with their teachers
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They wish the teachers to encourage all students to talk English
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| Tuition |
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My focus group said that it is hard for Japanese people to speak or ask something in class as they were raised in a very different way to European students. They generally have very good grammar skills but are very shy about speaking
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The conversation topics are always oriented on western interests and topics
They wish more international topics
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When doing pairwork it sometimes happens that not every pair can be checked and corrected. I explained to them that even if they are not always checked these excercises are important for practising speaking to overcome language barriers. |
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The free Wifi connection is very handy as you can use it until the evening so that they can contact their friends and family at home. |
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In the library they would like to have more space to read there and there could be even more books
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They are all very interested in Celtic stories and traditions : They would like to read more about Irish culture and myths
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They would like to have an assistant in the library to correct their exercises they do in the rentable study books.
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| Social Activities |
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They all don't join a lot of activities as they only want to study, study, study....
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They wish to have Irish dancing classes and they love the Celtic story telling
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| Accommodation |
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Students in schoolapartments think they are confortable and well equipped.
They had a little problem with the Irish shower system but this problem was solved very soon
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They were not sure who to contact in an emergency. I recommended them to call our school emergency number which is active 24 hours |
| Suggestions and recommendations |
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It would be very important for them if the teachers would be advised to make Japanese students speak more
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They suggested a pronunciation class for specific nationalities every month or so |
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Irish Dancing once per week would be a good idea
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Galway is a cozy and relaxed city.It's more laid back than other bigger cities in Ireland. It's so easy to meet people. I think in Ireland west you can learn more about the Irish culture and myths.
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Mariko Shimaguchi,Chiba/Tokyo
Cambridge preparation course/FCE
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The location at the seaside is perfect . You can walk at the prom and enjoy live in the city centre. The city is not too big. Everything is in a confortable distance .Even if it's so small Galway is so cosmopolitan. There are so many international restaurants and people from all over the world.
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Hiroko Fukuchi, Tokyo
Standard General English
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What I like about Galway is the good mix between city life and country side and that life is not too expensive.
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Nono Tamura, Tokyo
Cambridge preparation course/FCE
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