Summer Class at Kyoto Int'l Academy

Kyoto International Academy (KIA) has 2 main function. One is to prepare foreign students (high school graduates from abroad) to take entrance examinations for colleges and universities (something like college prep.) and another one is to train foreign trainees to be accustomed to life in Japan for about a month before being dispatched to various companies. Besides these functions, there are several more courses and classes. COD summer class at KIA began 1999. COD students will be divided into a few classes based on the result of the simple placement test initially but can be re-placed into a different class in the course of Japanese language study. During the morning class hours, GTS (the director) is NOT usually in school for the educational purposes (e.g. relying too much on GTS or English) though always reachable. Any concern about any aspects of the program can be discussed with GTS after school. Those concerns are mainly about 'Host Family,' 'Language Class,' 'Daily Life,' and 'Classmates'
But students are truly encouraged to communicate with GTS about life in general. (e.g. homesickness, any physical conditions, allergy, food preference, transportation, socializing skills, Japanese customs, future directions, grades, etc.)