Last Update: 02/12/2009
Aloha Challenge
Aloha Challenge is a Reality TV series designed to be a nexus between Japanese and American cultures. Over seven weekly, half-hour episodes, eight bilingual college interns battle for jobs, points, and a $10,000 grand prize by sharing Hawai’i with the world through blogs & filmmaking. Three teams of Japanese and American high school students -- who barely speak each others' languages — decide interns’ fates by hiring them as producers of their projects in each round. Winning interns advance; losers get fired and eliminated.
Aloha Challenge aired on KIKU-TV from November to December, 2008.
Additional notes:
[1] Aloha Challenge is an advanced, 4-week, language-immersion curriculum for students of Japanese and English languages.
[2] High school participants achieved remarkable advances in foreign-language speaking proficiency, as certified by Language Testing International, Inc. (URL, http://languagetesting.com/about_us.cfm)
[3] Watch student films and read their blogs at http://www.alohachallenge.tv. Please vote for your favorite film at YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/user/Ebukatsu."
