Marugoto Helpful Tips!

Japan Foundation has an official textbook called Marugoto and fortunately, some of the material is able to be checked out through the website!

One of the links we will be introducing here today is being able to look at Japanese and then translate in seven different languages (English, Spanish, Indonesian, Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, and French): https://words.marugotoweb.jp/top.php?lang=en

It also has a collection section, which lists dates and days of the week, as well as time and other useful information! It can be converted to PDF form and printed so it is accessible for everyone. Hopefully this information helps teachers and provide more resources to Japanese language learners!

Shin Ultraman news（シン・ウルトラマンニュース)

Exciting news for Ultraman fans! Shin Ultraman info. has been released and it'll be written/produced by Hideaki Anno (director of Evangelion) & directed by Shinji Higuchi (director of Shin Godzilla). It's planning to hit theaters in 2021!

English article: https://variety.com/2019/film/asia/shin-ultraman-japan-hideaki-anno-and-shinji-higuchi-1203287912/

シン・ウルトラマンが庵野秀明監督（エバンゲリオン）が企画・脚本を担当、樋口真嗣監督（シン・ゴジラ）が監督によって、制作されるというニュースが出ました。２１年に公開予定です。エバンゲリオンとシン・ゴジラにかかわっていた二人が、どのようにシン・ウルトラマンを作り上げていくか気になりますね。

日本語版の記事: https://eiga.com/news/20190801/10/

Nan Desu Kan Anime Convention in Denver!

I hope our wonderful Japanese teachers are having a great start of the school year or having a ! We received information from JBAR ( Japanese Business Associations of the Rockies) that from today (8/23) to Sunday (8/25), there is an anime convention at Denver Sheraton Downtown! There will be games, cosplay, and other various forms of Japanese entertainment so please check it out! The website is https://ndkdenver.org/  !

Japanese Teacher Workshop on Oct. 6th In Georgia!

There is a great workshop event for GATJ (Georgia Association of Teachers of Japanese)
and non GATJ members. The workshop is free and it's on Sunday, October 6th at 10AM to 1PM (lunch will be served). Further information is on listed website: https://gatj.weebly.com/events/georgias-inaugural-statewide-japanese-teacher-workshop-coming-event

The Eventbrite link to register for the workshop is: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-annual-georgia-japanese-teacher-workshop-tickets-63973652918

We hope teachers are able to participate in this workshop!

 

Real Advocacy Stories!

I hope 2018 school year was great for our amazing Japanese teachers and we wish that everyone has a nice 2019-2020 school year!

Since we are almost into a new school year, we wanted to find out lesson plans and ideas that worked for 2018! Please let us know via our survey below! We would like to share and learn more about what worked and encouraged the students to want to learn more Japanese. よろしくお願いします！

The link to the survey is here:
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e9thwvlbhzvukqa9/a01hyjz0cp91y/questions

Look forward to hearing wonderful stories!