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The
Japan Foundation
offers a wide range of programs to support Japanese language education
world wide. The Training Programs for Teachers
of the Japanese Language are designed to provide Japanese
language teachers abroad with an opportunity to improve their language
skills and teaching methodol ogy and to deepen their knowledge of
Japan at the Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute, Urawa in
Saitama Japan.
Below is a letter from an Australian teacher who recently experienced
6 months at the institute. |
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Are you interested
in doing some incountry study like Nicole?
The Sydney Language Centre admin isters
the following programs for the Japan Foundation: Training
Programs for Teachers of the Japanese Language
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Long-term
(6 months) |
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Short-term
(2 months) |
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Japanese
Abroad (1 month) |
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In-Japan
Training Program for Australian and New Zealand teachers of
Japanese (3 weeks) |
Information about these and other programs is sent to schools on our
mailing list in September of each year. Be sure to fill out
the enclosed school update form to remain on our mailing list for
2003 don't miss out! |
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Dear
SLC Staff
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Japan
Foundation for giving me the chance to study in Japan
on the "Long Term Training Program" (September 2002 -
March 2003).
It was a fantastic experience for me and the 34 other
students who came from all over the world. This great
programme allowed us to participate in and experience
many cultural activities such as home stay, watching sumo
and kabuki, Ikebana, Sado (the tea ceremony), Kitsuke
(kimono wearing) and shodo (calligraphy) just to name
a few. We were also extremely lucky to have been taken
on many excursions including a 5day trip to explore the
Kansai region and it's majestic culture.
However, more importantly, we were given the opportunity
to revise our Japanese and learn so much more about Japanese
language education throughout the world. Spending time
with people from other countries was very rewarding. We
were able to share teaching methods, ideas and could converse
in one common language Japanese. We had the privilege
to work with dedicated teachers, from whom I learnt some
extremely valuable lessons. Thank you to all the Urawa
Teachers and staff.
I cannot express enough my sincere gratitude to the Japan
Foundation in selecting me for this programme. My experience
was invaluable and I can't wait to show all the video
footage and photos to my students and share this experience
with them.
Here are some photos I took whilst in Japan.
Catch up with you soon!
From Nicole Schafer |
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In
the Secondary School Section of the NT Languages Speaking Competition
The Language Teachers Association of the NT
(LTANT), which represents all language teachers in the Northern Territory,
hosted the first NT Language Speaking Competition
at the NT University. Japanese, Indonesian, Chinese, Italian, reek
and German lan guage students competed. There were 12 participants
in the Junior Division of Japanese Languages. Darwin
High School students were awarded first place for their role
plays acted out in Indonesian, German, Greek, Chinese and Japanese.
Students from the winning Japanese group are pictured on the right
with their teacher, Yumiko Shaw. |
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