写真撮影協力：昭和女子大学
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新型コロナ対策で、春学期途中の3月2日からオンライン授業がここTUJ／テンプル大学ジャパンキャンパスで始まってから、早3か月が過ぎようとしています。GW前後約1か月のお休みを経て、今週月曜日（5月25日）から始業したTUJ夏学期もオンライン授業が続きますが、緊急事態宣言の解除を受け、段階的にキャンパスへの入構受け入れ準備が進んでいます。
学生の間でも友達や先生たちと早くキャンパスで会いたい！という気持ちが高まる中、隣接する昭和女子大学の学生たちと交流するイベント「日本語サロン」オンライン開催の試行が、夏学期開始に先駆けて先週行われました。TUJコミュニケーション学科2年のアイダン・フレッチャーさんがレポートします。
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First Online “Nihongo Salon” Test-run (May 22, 2020 via ZOOM)
While Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) is operating onlline, it doesn’t mean that students have to go without social interaction.
On May 22, TUJ and Showa Women’s University (SWU) held a joint event online called the Nihongo Salon. Students from both Universities logged in to their Zoom accounts and were able to talk and make friends in Japanese. This series of events were held in-person for the past semesters;. Students met on SWU’s campus and ate snacks and had casual conversation.
TUJ will conduct several more Nihongo and Eigo salons throughout the Summer 2020 semester. If you are a current TUJ student and want to participate in some of them, click here!
However, due to current circumstances, the Nihongo Salon was held online. Students were divided into small “breakout rooms” where they could speak in a more intimate setting on a wide variety of topics. In my group alone, the conversation bounced back and forth from class schedules to movies to Pokemon. With approximately 20 members from each school in attendance, I and many of the others I spoke with felt that it brought back a sense of community that had been lacking these past few weeks. The faculty and staff of both universities used this event to gauge interest in continued joint activities, and it looks to have been a success. Plans are under way to bring online TUJ’s other event, the English Salon, and continue doing online Nihongo Salons depending on the situation.
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Written by Aidan Fletcher, sophomore Communication Studies Major (Video Production Track) at Temple University, Japan Campus, and leader of the TUJ Student Emissaries Club.
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