Friday, February 16, 2018
Who’s Hiring: Jobs that Use Japanese (2/16/2018)
A sample of job postings that use the Japanese language, posted every week. Please share with any who may be interested.
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Friday, February 9, 2018
Upcoming Conferences
Here are a couple of conferences that will be held next month!
The Spring Conference of the AATJ - American Association of Teachers of Japanese will be held on Thursday, March 22, 2018, in Washington, DC, in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS).
https://www.aatj.org/conferences-spring
2018 Annual CLTA CONFERENCE from March 8-11, 2018 at the Double Tree & Convention Center near Ontario Airport! CLTA - California Language Teachers' Association
http://clta.net/conference/
The Spring Conference of the AATJ - American Association of Teachers of Japanese will be held on Thursday, March 22, 2018, in Washington, DC, in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS).
https://www.aatj.org/conferences-spring
2018 Annual CLTA CONFERENCE from March 8-11, 2018 at the Double Tree & Convention Center near Ontario Airport! CLTA - California Language Teachers' Association
http://clta.net/conference/
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
African American Youth Program
Here is a great opportunity to share!
The African American Youth Program is a program
that gives young African American freshmen in high school who are from a
low-income background the opportunity to go to Japan on a week-long summer
program.
It is so important to give our youth more
opportunities so they can open up greater possibilities for their future. Deadline is March 1, 2018. Eligibility includes: 1) African American
freshman in high school 2) Low Income 3) Never traveled abroad and/or struggling
academically.
See the following links for more information:
Please spread this around!
Friday, February 2, 2018
Learn business manners through manga!
This is a fun way to learn/teach Japanese business
manners! Through this book, “マンガで体験！にっぽんのカイシャ ～ビジネス日本語を実践する～,” edited and published by
the Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation (which also administers the Business
Japanese Proficiency Test in addition to the Kanji Kentei), you can learn/teach
about different commonplace scenarios in the Japanese workplace through manga.
How would you work in a Japanese work environment?
What kind of Japanese do you use in the workplace?
What are some differences with your own culture?
The presentation of these materials is very
easy-to-follow. There are 30 chapters
that present a situation, then a way to work it out and apply to the real world
while teaching you the appropriate Japanese along the way.
More info about the book can be found here
(Japanese):
Check it out!
Tadoku/Extensive Reading Resources
多読, or extensive reading, is a way to
read Japanese books by reading a wide selection of books that are personally
enjoyable at a comfortable level. Many
students are eager to read in Japanese, so tadoku has been gaining in
popularity. Here are some links to get
you started!
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Who’s Hiring: Jobs that Use Japanese (2/1/2018)
A sample of job postings that use the Japanese
language, posted every week. Check back to see what's out there, and please share with any who may be interested.
New and updated postings for teachers on our
website:
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