Every Wednesday in the courses of “Explore the world”, we encourage students to stand on the stage and report their nation research project. They learned how to collect and edit information and do the PTT properly. This week, students introduced Egypt, the U.K, Panama, and Kenya. All of the students learned the capital cities, geography, currency and some interesting facts from their presentation. They might not be the perfect presenters, but they have learned valuable experiences from it.

     This week, Tr. Verona shared her personal journey as a solo volunteer for one month in Costa Rica. Verona introduced this country by her precious experience and showed the students how to make a wonderful speech as well. She taught the students how to make preparation before the trip, adjusted herself to fit in the culture and broke the stereotype. Mostly, she encouraged students to overcome the fear and step out the comfort zone with passion.

     At the end of the speech, she told the students the experience of being abroad not only opened the world vision but appreciated the beauty of Taiwan. This was a wonderful lesson for the students. For the meaning of international education, English is only the tool to reach the world. When interacting with people from other countries, we could learn diverse cultural experiences and also show them our own culture. Be proud of your root and also keep an open mind to learn from others. That’s the true meaning of cross-culture learning.

在每週三的「探索世界」課程，我們鼓勵學生站上舞臺，報告他們的國家研究項目。他們學習了如何收集、編輯資訊，以及正確進行PPT。本周，學生們介紹了埃及，英國，巴拿馬和肯亞。所有的學生，都從演講中瞭解到首都，地理，貨幣和一些有趣的事實。

他們可能不是完美的簡報者，但是他們已經從中學到了寶貴的經驗。

本週，李亞珊主任分享自身前往哥斯大黎加志願服務的旅程，她在當地停留了一個月。主任用她的寶貴經驗，生動有趣的介紹了這個國家，同時也向學生們展示，如何發表一場精彩的演講。

Verona指導學生，如何在出行前做好萬全準備、適應文化與刻板印象。她鼓勵學生克服恐懼，對世界滿懷探索的熱情、走出現在的舒適圈。

演講的尾聲，亞珊主任告訴學生們。出國的經歷不僅開啟了世界視野，也能欣賞到臺灣的美麗。

對於學生來說，這是一門優質課程；對國際教育的真諦來說，英語，只是通向世界的工具。與其他國家的人互動時，我們可以學習各種文化經驗，並向他們展示我們自己的文化。

為自己的根感到自豪，保持開放的態度向他人學習，就是跨文化學習的真正含義！