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1. What prompted you decide to participate in the "JSPS Science Dialogue" program?
The number of students in science and specially in Physics decreases in all countries, and more precisely interest in fundamental physic tends to disappear. So such presentation are a way to attract the students. I would like them not only to think about physical questions but also to "dream" about them.
2. To what did you give greatest attention in preparing and giving the lecture?
My attention was focused on communication : from the knowledge of the sutdents (having a look to a text book of high school was useful), we can always find connections with our research.
3. Did you find it difficult to give a lecture in English to Japanese students? Could you give some advice to future lecturers on how to facilitate communication with Japanese students?
My advices is : don't hesitate to write long sentences in your presentation because they are good at reading.
4. Could you give your impression with regard to participating in this program?
good impression. Very well organized. May I suggest perhaps to reduce the fees per presentation but provide more?
5. Was it meaningful in terms of your fellowship activities?
It was not really meaningful in terms of my fellowship activites (expect that it gave me another very interesting opportunity to experience the japanese culture!) but as a future teacher-researcher, it was definitively meaningful.
6. In what ways do you think the students benefited from the program?
I didn't get yet the writting impression of the students but just from that I saw on friday, I had the feeling they enjoyed, they played but also asked very clever questions and so they tried to understand difficult physics.
7. Could you give some overall advice or comments to future participants in the program?
English is very difficult for them, so my advice is : write as mush as you can and/or come with a japanese speaker of your lab. If you can prepare some simple experiments (even if the relation with your subject isn't straightforward), it is really useful. Specially if they can try some by-themselves. Having a look to a their textbook can tell you their knowledge.
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