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On Wednesday, January 28, 2015, students from APU's First-Year Student Workshop II classes gathered for a final presentation session.


First-Year Student Workshop is a mandatory subject for all freshmen. Workshop I aims to provide students with the basic skills they need to succeed at university, such as literature survey techniques, research methods and essay writing skills, while Workshop II is designed to promote intercultural understanding between domestic and international students by making use of APU's multicultural environment.

The main theme of Workshop II changes every year, and this year's theme was "Enhancing the Skills We Need to Acquire as APU Students". With the support of Teaching Assistants (TAs), approximately 1,200 new students over two semesters planned and implemented a wide range of proposals. This year, approximately 450 sessions were held in two stages between December and January. This afforded students a chance to improve upon those things they had trouble with in the first session, thereby deepening their learning. After that, the groups gave presentations in both Japanese and English on the aims and outcomes of their respective projects. At the final presentation session, the best group presentations from each of the seven classes (32 groups each) were chosen.


Staff in charge of the workshop said, “Most of the groups appeared to successfully make their way through a process that started with group members having trouble initiating discussions then facing conflict of opinions, and ended with them deepening group solidarity. We look forward to seeing how these students put this invaluable experience to use in their next three years at APU.”

AY2014 First-Year Student Workshop II Outstanding Presentations

Instructors	Presentation Title
Associate Professor TSUTSUI Kumiko, Associate Professor TATEYAMA Hirokuni	いろ色 / COLORFUL
＜Students (College, Nationality)＞ HASEGAWA Hitomi （APS, Japan） /ROGERS Lion （APS, Japan） /BUI Minh Khoi （APS, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam） /IKEYAMA Shota （APM, Japan） / HASNAT Tasnuva T. （APM, People’s Republic of Bangladesh） /YU Yingge （APM, People’s Republic of China） /
Associate Professor TSUTSUI Kumiko, Associate Professor TATEYAMA Hirokuni	WHAT DO YOU SEE ?
SHIOZAKI Natsuki （APS, Japan） / NGUYEN Kieu Anh （APS, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam） /MASUDA Anju（APM, Japan） /MIZUTANI Yuki （APM, Japan） / PHANMALAI Phoomchai （APM, Kingdom of Thailand） / GU Haotian （APM, People’s Republic of China）
Associate Professor QIAN Xuepeng, Associate Professor KANAI Shusuke	My Life? I'm Loven'it!
SHIMA Kazusa （APS, Japan） /LITYA Prasidiya （APS, Republic of Indonesia） /DONG Minh Hoang （APS, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam） /FUJIMOTO Nao （APM Japan） /SHIRAKAWA Ryo （APM, Japan） /SUN Tiefan （APM, People’s Republic of China）
Associate Professor CUTTING Miki, Assistant Professor FUDEUCHI Misa	カルスター／Karuster
ISHIKAWA Rei （APS, Japan） /TAKAOKA Kosuke （APS, Japan） /MA Zhuo （APS, People’s Republic of China） /PHAM Hai Anh （APS, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam） /UCHIDA Satoshi （APM, Japan） /KELLY Sutanto （APM, Republic of Indonesia）
Associate Professor TSUTSUI Kumiko, Associate Professor TATEYAMA Hirokuni	探求／Exploration
MORIYAMA Tsukasa （APS, Japan） /KANASUGI Yukino （APS, Japan） /GALUH M. N. W. （APS, Japan） /NGUYEN Tue Linh （APM, Republic of Indonesia） /LUND Stefan S. （APM, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam） /LI Zhi（APM, Kingdom of Norway）
Associate Professor MAHICHI Faezeh, Associate Professor SHIN Kimie	和～Me or We?～
TAKEDA Jun（APS, Japan） /MATSUI Sachiyo （APS, Japan） /UCHIDA Saki （APS, Japan） /KIM Gwanghyun （APM, Republic of Korea） /REINTAMM Nike （APM, Republic of Estonia） /DOAN Minh Ngoc （APM, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam）
Associate Professor CUTTING Miki, Assistant Professor FUDEUCHI Misa	あなたのチャンス、逃してない？／Is your APU life fulfilling?
YAMAGUCHI Tomoko （APS, Japan） /ISHIHARA Mika （APS, Japan） /PAK Sonu （APS, Republic of Korea） /UCHIBORI Ritsuki （APM, Japan） /FAIMATA Ratu Keli （APM, Independent State of Samoa） /IBRAHIM Haidar I. （APM, Republic of Indonesia）
Associate Professor HIRAI Tatsuya, Assistant Professor UEHARA Yuko	Together you alive separate you die
FUKAHORI Takeshi （APS, Japan） /WATANABE Yuri （APS, Japan） /LEE Junhoe （APS, Republic of Korea） /KAGATA Momoko （APS, Japan） /DOAN Hai Anh （APM, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam） /JALILOV Akmaljon（APM, Republic of Uzbekistan）

APU offers a range of freshmen educational programs to assist students in making the transition to university study and life.