International Day is a programme run by the International Affairs Team of the KMU, in which 4 to 5 exchange students team up with several Korean students and teach their home culture to Korean school kids through interactive activities. On Thursday, November 10, the International Day of France was successfully held at the KMU International Lounge. The French International Day was the fifth International Day of this semester.
On Thursday, November 10, the International Day of France was successfully held at the KMU International Lounge. International Day is a programme run by the International Affairs Team of the KMU, in which 4 to 5 exchange students team up with several Korean students and teach their home culture to Korean school kids through interactive activities. The French International Day was the fifth International Day of this semester.
Five French exchange students were in charge of the French International Day and they arrived at the KMU International Lounge early in the morning and began baking cookies and crepes, a famous French delicacy. At the end of the preparation, they packed goodies in shopping bags for Korean students to take back home and decorated the lounge with blue, white and red balloons. The Korean students arrived at the International Lounge at 1 PM, and after a brief introduction of both the French and Korean students and the programme schedule, the school kids were divided into two groups to played two games that the French students commonly played when they were children.
One group played a game called les chaises musicales (or musical chairs). For multiple rounds, the kids moved around a ring of chairs with French pop music, and the kids sat down on the chairs when the music stopped. The last one to secure a chair at the end of the last round was named the winner of the game. The other team played a game called Pictionary. In this game, students were separated into two small groups again. One student from each team picked a paper with a word that represents France and tried to get their team to guess it by drawing. The rest had to guess the word in a limited time and the one who got the word scored one point. When finished, the two groups switched to the other game. After the games, the students went outside to play football, which is one of the most popular sports in France. At the end of the programme, each school student was given a goodie bag.
The programme is designed to provide benefits for everyone involved, allowing the exchange students to think deeply and feel proud about their own culture and for the Korean students and school kids to learn to appreciate different cultures. This semester, students from six countries participated in the programme which began with the team of Japanese students, followed by the United States, the Philippines, Germany, France, and Mexico.