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| A new Activity Resource
for teachers of Japanese was released by the Japan Foundation Sydney
in April. The Giant Game Sheet is a large (150cm
x 100cm) double sided sheet using the themes of コンビニ
(‘Convenience Store’) and 日本の家
(‘Japanese House’), and is aimed at middle years students. The teacher’s
handbook contains game ideas designed to enable the teacher to control
the activity while involving the whole class.
This new Activity Resource is now available for donation to schools. Teachers wishing to request this item should return their 2004 Donation Materials Request Form, which was sent to schools with the February issue of Dear Sensei. If you require a new 2004 Donation Materials Request Form, you can download one from the SLC website (http://www.jpf.org.au/slc/donation/donation.htm#forms), and return it to the SLC. Postage for the Giant
Game Sheet is $12. We would love to hear about how you are using Activity Resources with your classes - if you have found the ideas in the teacher’s handbook to be useful, how you have incorporated your own ideas, and whether or not the resources have proven to be beneficial for your class. If you would like to offer some feedback, please feel free to contact us on (02) 9957 5322 or email Cathy_Jonak@jpf.org.au or Himiko_Negishi-Wood@jpf.org.au. A second Activity Resource originally planned for release in April will be released at a later date. We will advise in Dear Sensei and on our website when this new Activity Resource will be available. |
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| Ms Yukiko Ehara recently
arrived in Sydney to take up her post as Japanese Advisor for NSW.
Ms Ehara was formerly a Japanese Advisor in New Zealand, during which
time she was based in Wellington. She replaces Mr Mitsuo Yazaki, who
returned to Japan on 30 March 2004 after two years in NSW.
オーストラリアのみなさん、こんにちは。4
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| The Japan
Foundation Sydney also farewelled Mr Koji Okamoto, the Director-General,
on 30 March 2004. Mr Okamoto presided over the Japan Foundation’s
Sydney office from April 2000. Following his return to Japan, Mr Okamoto
has taken up a new position within the Japan Foundation.
The new Director of the Japan Foundation Sydney is Mr Yoshiyuki Ueno. Mr Ueno joins us from the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai, where he was Deputy Director. はじめまして。 |
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| We are currently stocktaking
our cultural items prior to the relocation of our office in August
2004. We would like to donate to schools those items which will no
longer be required by our office. Items include woodblock prints,
dolls, paintings, books etc. If you are a schoolteacher, you are welcome
to come and have a look at the available items at the times listed
below. Items will be distributed on a first-come first-served basis.
There may be a limit on the number of items you may take. |
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As
someone who enjoys language learning, I am delighted to
find that twelve months at the Japan Foundation has furnished
me with numerous opportunities to use and develop my Japanese
skills. I am equally delighted that it has also furnished
me with twenty days of annual leave, which is why I am
currently enjoying the waning days of April under the
cherry blossoms in northern Japan. Ah.... temples, sake,
hot canned coffee from vending machines and trains which
actually turn up when they’re supposed to - North Sydney
doesn’t have quite the same appeal. 