{"id":4875,"date":"2026-06-29T14:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4875"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:10:52","slug":"2nd-year-student-ali-hafiz-shan-e-featured-in-the-chugoku-shimbun","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/news\/4875\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd-Year Student ALI HAFIZ SHAN E Featured in the Chugoku Shimbun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A feature on second-year student ALI HAFIZ SHAN E has been published in the Chugoku Shimbun. Please be sure to check it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width:25%;color:#ffffff;background-color:#006ebb\"><strong>Publication Date<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width:100%\">Sunday, June 7, 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#006ebb\"><strong>Publication<\/strong><\/td><td>Chugoku Shimbun Morning Edition, Page 25<br>\u5b50\u3069\u3082\u305f\u3061 \u82f1\u8a9e\u3067\u58f0\u304b\u3051 \u5e73\u548c\u516c\u5712\u306e\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u89b3\u5149\u5ba2\u306b<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ALI HAFIZ SHAN E, a second-year student, is active as a member of \u201cMini Mini Gaikoku,\u201d an organization based in Hiroshima City that provides opportunities for English learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His main activities involve planning and carrying out initiatives to encourage children who feel shy or lack confidence when speaking English. Through participatory activities, speeches, communication exercises, educational games, and cultural exchange opportunities, she helps children gain confidence and practical communication skills, supporting them so they can thrive in the future, both in Japan and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, June 6, 2026, ALI HAFIZ SHAN E joined the children in approaching foreign tourists visiting Hiroshima Peace Park, striking up conversations in English and conducting interviews to ask them about what they found appealing about Hiroshima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ALI HAFIZ SHAN E says that what he finds most rewarding about this activity is seeing the children gain confidence and become excited about learning. Above all, he says he finds joy in seeing the children gain confidence and become excited about learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-25-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16307\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this initiative, ALI HAFIZ SHAN E\u2019s goal is to continue supporting children\u2014as an event manager, educator, and student\u2014and to help them acquire skills that will serve them throughout their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-23-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16301\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ALI HAFIZ SHAN E says that the <a href=\"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/academics\/feature\/pbl\/\" title=\"\">Project-Based Learning (PBL)<\/a> exercises he studied in college proved useful as he planned and managed events for this initiative. He explains that it was not just classroom learning, but the hands-on experience and lessons he gained firsthand that enabled him to lead the initiative to success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-26-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16303\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For ALI HAFIZ SHAN E, the children\u2019s enthusiasm, support, and eagerness to learn are the driving force that motivates him to continue this work and contribute even more to the local community in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4877,"template":"","categories":[14],"class_list":["post-4875","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 02:55:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4880,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4875\/revisions\/4880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eikei.ac.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}