2023.02.13
The literature club has started a new activity this school year that is to support Japanese writing for long-term international students every Monday after-school. They also have started to introduce various Japanese cultures to MARA University of Technology short-term international students from Malaysia since October.
The list below is the activities they have had since October.
| Date of Activity | Content of Activity |
|---|---|
| October 24 | Self-Introduction then introduced Japanese novels and Hiragana letters |
| October 31 | Introduced themselves in Japanese, Japanese Kendama and Otedama |
| November 7 | Japanese calligraphy: Write your name in Kanji |
| November 14 | Hyakunin-Isshu (card game): Lecture about the game |
| November 21 | Hyakunin-Isshu (card game): Play the game |
| December 19 | Iroha Karuta (card game) |
 Self-introduction in Japanese |
 The literature club students introduced the MARA University of Technology student’s name in Kanji. |
Practicing Hiragana |
 Japanese calligraphy experience ① |
 Japanese calligraphy experience ② |
The final activity for last year, on Monday, December 19, they introduced Japanese new year plays and then they separated into some groups and introduced “Iroha Karuta”.
During the activity, they explained how to play the Karuta in basic and what Japanese proverb on the card meant in English.
 Challenging Hyakunin-Isshu |
 Introduction of Iroha Karuta |
When our students explained these things, they had a hard time because some vocabularies and proverbs were not often used nowadays. Eventually, the time was up when they explained the cards, so they could not play the game. But it seemed like students had a good experience.
The literature club will continue these international exchange activities as one of their activities.