フリースペース コスモ (Free Space Cosmo)

Placement Description: Free Space Cosmo is an after-school center for local elementary and middle school students. Check out their website here.

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Level of Japanese Required: Intermediate Japanese

Typical Day: The intern's main responsibility is to just interact with the kids who visit the center, and help the staff prepare the facilities and clean up. Interacting with the kids involves playing video games with them, reading manga together, and just having small conversations where you can teach each other about your respective cultures.

Schedule: Interns usually work two afternoons a week, spending 2-3 hours each time.

What Former Interns Say:""Go with the flow. Be extroverted at first".

-JD Tierney, Fall 2017

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Former Intern's End of Semester Presentation: At the end of the Fall semester students present about their Community Engagement experience in Japanese! Watch below to hear about Free Space Cosmo!

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