10月より、トビタテ留学の応募が開始されました。返済不要の奨学金が貰えるプロジェクト！今年は朗報があります。募集枠がなんと500人→800人へ増加！！

これは、2022年までに日本人留学生を6万人にするための国が掲げる大プロジェクトだからです。

こんなに素晴らしい奨学金制度を使わない手はありませんが、国の調査によると、2015年度に現役高校生の中で留学経験をしたのはたったの1.1%しかいません。驚きの数字です。更にトビタテ！留学JAPANの制度を知っているのが高校生の2割しかいません。これも非常に低い認知度です。

誰しも海外への憧れや興味はあるはずです！
自分の可能性を広げるためにも、返済不要の奨学金を使って、夢への第一歩を手に入れてください！
留学計画は14日からでOKです。まずは夏休みを使って、留学計画を立ててみるのはいかがでしょうか？IGEはトビタテ留学生を応援しています。

さて、トビタテの奨学金を得るために求められことは何か？？？？
それは、留学目的に対しての、『情熱』、『好奇心』、『独自性』です。

書類審査では、この3つのキーワードを元にトビタテ生自ら立案した個性あふれる計画を審査します。個性的なキャッチフレーズや、全体を通してのストーリー性をもち、自分自身の言葉で表現することを心がけでください。また現地活動やアンバサダー活動の計画は、独自性や地域の伝統を盛り込んだ内容にするなど、選考員が目に付くような内容にするのが得策です。

選考員は企業の人事担当者や大学の教授、文部科学省の担当など数名で書類を評価し、審査をします。

内容はもちろん重要ですが、読み手側が読みやすい書類作りをすることもポイントです。
例えば、文章を箇条書きにするとか、太字、下線などメリハリを意識するだけでも、書類は見やすくなります。

IGEではトビタテ！留学JAPANの書類作成のサポート、アドバイスをしておりますので、気軽にお問合せください。

IGE「トビタテ！留学JAPAN　高校生コース」について詳しくはこちら

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Neil Anderson, Professor, Brigham Young University-Hawaii
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Suresh Canagarajah, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor, Pennsylvania State University
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Deborah Crusan, Professor, Wright State University
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Aya Matsuda, Associate Professor, Arizona State University
"I experience writer's block when I'm trying to write the first draft and I feel that what I write is not going to be good. I'm afraid to be disappointed and embarrassed. So first I acknowledge that and then tell myself that if I want to produce something that is good and not disappointing or embarrassing, then the quickest way to do it is to produce something that is bad, disappointing, and embarrassing-and then revise. And write.