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Students wishing to study abroad from Akita University
Reports on study abroad experiences

St. Cloud State University
(USA)

AY2019
Exchange program
Shuto Marui
4th year,
Faculty of Education and Human Studies

Ice hockey game

Dormitory kitchen

Sushi restaurant

The night before the university was closed due to a blizzard.

My name is Shuto Marui, and I am a fourth-year student of the English Language Teachers Course of the Faculty of Education and Human Studies. I went to St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, USA, to study abroad for about three months. I would like to introduce my classes and life there.
 
I took classes in basic English, English education, and tourism. Since I was the only Japanese student in the English education and tourism classes, I had a hard time understanding the lessons. However, my classmates whom I made friends with through class discussions, kindly helped me and I was able to manage. There were also a lot of other assignments in American universities, which are incomparable to those in Japan. At first, I thought that I had to do them all perfectly, so I often studied all the time even outside of class, but with the help of my friends and after coming up with my own way of approaching my studies, I was able to improve and in the latter half of the year, I was able to relax.
 
What I found had a visible effect on my overall learning was writing. I often had to write long reports, and each time I did so, I received feedback from the teacher, and I found that my writing at the end of the course was more complete than before. This may have been one of the things that motivated me.
 
Next, I would like to talk about life in general. There were many services at St. Cloud, both on and off campus. For example, on campus, there were places where I could ask for help, and there were plenty of facilities such as shops and gyms, so I was able to simply enjoy life on campus. Off-campus, I enjoyed going shopping with my friends because there were many modes of transportation, supermarkets, and countless restaurants. There is also the JP Network, which is a community where you can get to know Japanese culture and participate in various activities to expand your circle of friends. I also joined the JP Network’s Yosakoi dance group and enjoyed interacting with many international students.
 
I was originally supposed to study abroad for one year, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I returned to Japan after three months. Although it was a short period of time, I had so many experiences that I can't even begin to describe, and I feel that they helped me grow in many ways, and they have definitely given me confidence (a lot of confidence, really). I went through a myriad of emotions during my study abroad, but in the end, I can look back on it as a good experience.
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