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1. What prompted you decide to participate in the "JSPS Science Dialogue" program?
I liked the idea that young people will be brought into contact with science by a lecture given by scientists.
2. To what did you give greatest attention in preparing and giving the lecture?
- to outline the importance of my research field, i.e. materials science, for human society
- to make the presentation understandable for high school students
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?
- it is difficult, but the English skills of the students from the SSH that I met were impressively good
- provide a short list of vocabularies for the most important words in your lecture
4. Could you give your impression with regard to participating in this program?
It was an interesting experience, and the first time for me to teach high school students.
5. Was it meaningful in terms of your fellowship activities?
Yes, since it was good and instructive experience about teaching and meeting student. I think this experience will help me to improve my skills for future lectures to students.
6. In what ways do you think the students benefited from the program?
They got an impression of science in general, and maybe some of them got an idea about what they want to study in future at university. They maybe recognized the importance of English in science and for communication with foreign people.
7. Could you give some overall advice or comments to future participants in the program?
It is maybe more an advice to the organizers: It was said that we should give a lecture about our research. That might be a bit misleading, because it does not make clear enough that it should be a lecture especially designed for students, and not just a talk that is normally given at a scientific conference.
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