Pupils of Nankadai Higashi Elementary School near Osaka are learning firsthand the significance of communicating with their counterparts in other countries via the Internet.
The school's Net program is at the stage now where some pupils participated in two videoconferences with South Korean children attending Hanshin Elementary School in the second half of last year. A third dialogue is slated for April, according to Shin Dong Kyu, principal of the private school in Seoul.
The children spoke English at the first conference but switched in the second to their respective native tongues, with the exchange translated by interpreters.