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In Ritsumeikan University, I had the opportunity to attend few cross cultural interactive courses. Here, I had classmates who only speak Japanese with very little English whereas, I am still learning very basic Japanese. Due to the language barrier, at the beginning, I found it difficult to cooperate in team activities. However, with the expert guidance of my professors and my classmates, I gradually found a middle ground and was more confident in contributing to the team and class. This opportunity has helped me feel confident while working with people from different cultures and backgrounds which I can use more in my life.

Before joining university I attended a Japanese comprehensive high school which ment that I didn't have many chances or opportunities to work as a team so I didn't have much experience working in groups. The first few times that I worked in a group I didn't know what to do and I could say wasn't a very good team member and might have brought my team down. I asked a friend on how to work better in groups and they told me that I had to listen and try to communicate better. After doing this I saw a big increase in the efficiency of my work while in a group and I became a better team mate.

Prior to coming to Ritsumeikan, I have no experience in working with other people. Here, we have to do group project and at first, I thought I was not gonna be able to do it. But when I was actually put into team, I realized like "Oh this is actually not as hard as I expected" and I was able to gain experience in teamwork and how to work well with other people. My grades in group project are the proof of the competency I acquired in teamwork.

When I arrived in Japan, I started working a part-time job and realized I was able to support my team effectively. I tried to help in small but meaningful ways, which made my teammates feel more comfortable, even during times of extra pressure, allowing us to keep things running smoothly.

I gave my best in teamwork. We have classes like PBL, experimentation, cross cultural and etc, where we all have different groups.

After engaging in a lot of group-based projects, I feel like I am better in teamwork while being able to compromise for others.

I did my best in giving and receiving advice from others especially in classes like programming and PBL.

I did a business contest with my classmates last year. We discussed on what product to make, and shared our ideas.