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    DBC invites Japanese students studying Japanese language education at university or college and provides the
    opportunities to exchange their opinions. It is a good chance for students to practice Japanese that they have learned
    in DBC in an actual situation as getting familiar with Japanese’ thoughts and life styles.

Regular Meetings

     Time : The meeting is held 5 times a year. (Apr / Jul /Aug / Oct / Nov)
     Participants : DongYang University, Heachun Girls academy,
                       Japanese foreign language professional college etc..
     Agenda : Students discuss various subjects and interview about the
                 Japanese education and have free conversations with the
                 knowledge that they have learned form the class.

Teaching practice of the students of Heachun Girls’ University

The students from Department of Japanese Language of Heachun Girls’ University have teaching practice at DBC
every October.

DBC have three kinds of contests every year, which are KANJI (Chinese Characters) Contest, Speech Contest,
Writing Contest. The winner is awarded a testimonial and prize money.

speach contest

     Each student makes a writing with his/her own theme and practices a
     speaking. A representative of each class is selected by a video test. The
     representatives of all classes compete in a DBC school contest. The final
     winner will have a chance to join the Foreigner Speech Contest held by
     Aragawa-Ku as a representative of DBC.A representative of DBC has been
     a great honor to school with a remarkable grade almost every year.

Kanji (Chinese Characters) Contest

Each class takes a Kanji test in the first 10 minutes every day. And the
student who has the highest average for last 3 months is to be a winner.

Writing contest

     Each class decides its own subject and each class teacher selects a
     representative of the class. The winner of each class is awarded a prize.
     Finally, after 40 teachers review all representatives’ essays, the best one
     is selected and the final winner is awarded a testimonial and prize money.

Sports contests are held in DBC’s gymnasium two times a year. All classes join various games and the winner team
is awarded a prize. ( volleyball, baseball, basketball, ping-pong contest etc. )

After the students of advanced level visit Japanese Court of Law and Congress in January and February , they have
discussions in the class.Beginner and intermediate classes go to see SUMO and KABUKI and they learn various
Japanese traditional cultures.

Students who are scheduled to graduate in March go to a travel to Enoshima.Students who have studied in DBC for
more than one year and teachers have an enjoyable time there.

An Arakawa Kawanote Festival is held in May and DBC’s students can join the festival as volunteers. They can
enjoy the festival and make a good memory with Japanese.

All students of DBC go to attractions or amusement parks like Disney Land Resort , Odaiba, or Kamakura etc. in the
mid of June and they can make wonderful memories with classmates and teachers.

“Bongodori”, the summer festival of Japan, is held in August. DBC students join the festival every year and learn a
Japanese traditional dance and how to play a Japanese drum. They can enjoy an exciting summer time in Japan as
joining a lot of performances of festival with Japanese.