On the minute news & events from jpf.org.uk http://www.jpf.org.uk/ Japanese Taster for Schools (JTS) Programme Training Day May 2013 On May 17th 2013, 28 volunteers attended the second  training day of 2013 for the Japan Foundation’s Japanese Taster for Schools (JTS) Programme, in which native and fluent Japanese speakers conduct free Japanese taster sessions in UK schools. After an overview for new volunteers about the Japan Foundation and the JTS programme itself, the participants heard reports by two volunteers who had held recent Japanese language tasters. One presenter was a native Japanese speaker who had visited Woodridge Primary School in Barnet, while the other was a non-native speaker who held a taster at Virgo Fidelis Preparatory School in Croydon. It was a good opportunity to hear about two quite different JTS experiences. Next, the Japan Foundation’s Japanese Language Advisor, Hiroko Tanaka,... http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=267 http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=267 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:10:44 BST The Hakuho Japan Experience Program for Overseas Children The Hakuho foundation is now accepting applications their Japan Experience Program for Overseas Children. This fantastic programme consists of three parts, training in Japan, followed by hosting Japanese school visit and culminating in a trip for some of your students to Japan! The programme consists of three parts (chronologically): One teacher of Japanese from your school will need to take part in preparatory training (two weeks in October/November 2013) . Return airfares to Japan, accommodation, meals and activities, including training and travel expenses are covered by Hakuho. One or two schools that take part in the programme will be selected to host a group of Japanese students in late April, early May 2014. Hakuho will provide expenses, including travel for expenses associated with receiving the Japanese schools. ... http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=264 http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=264 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:38:05 BST Japanese from Scratch: Shodo - An Introduction to Japanese Calligraphy Participants who had never before studied Japanese learned how to write beautiful Japanese characters such as 「夢」(yume, “dream”)　「和」(wa, “harmony”)　and「愛」(ai, “love”) at our latest “Japanese from Scratch” workshop for beginners in Japanese language studies. The workshop, which focused on the art of shodō (Japanese calligraphy), was held on March 13th at the Japan Foundation London, and 17 people braved the snowy weather to come along and take part. The workshop was led by Hiroko Tanaka, Japanese Language Advisor at the Japan Foundation London and experienced shodō practitioner. The workshop started with a... http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=263 http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=263 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:34:57 GMT Japan Conference for Schools 2013 On 8th March 2013, 65 participants joined the Japan Conference for Schools, held at the Embassy of Japan in London. Co-organised by the Embassy of Japan, the Japan Foundation and the Japan Society, the event was an excellent opportunity for attendees to hear about how the new National Curriculum might affect Japanese language education in the UK, as well as network and share practical ideas about projects for introducing Japanese into their schools or to enhance their existing Japan-related activities. Participants were welcomed to the Embassy by the cultural attaché, Eiji Watanabe. This was followed by very useful talk by the Director of Languages First at the University of Cambridge, Bernardette Holmes, who spoke about the changes to the new National Curriculum, and how this might affect Japanese language education in the UK. Bernadette spoke of several ideas for how ... http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=265 http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=265 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:02:10 GMT Japanese Plus: An Introduction to Professional Japanese Interpreting From February 12th – March 6th 2013, a total of 36 advanced Japanese language learners experienced a taste of professional Japanese interpreting, as part of the Japan Foundation’s Japanese Plus course. The course was led by Yoshiko Shimizu, a professional Japanese interpreter and translator, and former Course Director at the University of Bath. After introducing the basics of interpreting, including technique, and types of interpreting, Shimizu-sensei taught liaison interpreting, in which the interpreter translates both English to Japanese and Japanese to English for two speakers. This was followed by a lesson on note-taking in preparation for performing consecutive interpreting, in which the interpreter translates a single speaker’s speech from English in... http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=262 http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=262 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:14:16 GMT The Eighth Japanese Speech Contest for University Students Finals Day On March 2nd 2013, the Finals Day of the Eighth Japanese Speech Contest for University Students was held at Regent’s College London, showcasing ten individual speeches, along with five group presentations, by UK university students. The day began with the Category 2 finalists, all of whom are studying Japanese as an elective or optional course. The speeches were all of a very high standard and it was very difficult for the judges to decide the winner. However, the first prize eventually went to Junehwan Sung, a second year student from the University College London, for his fascinating speech on “The Hidden Treasure – Dialects.” In second place was Scarlett Wong, a 2nd year at Imperial College London, for her thought-provoking speech entitled “Even adults should watch anime.” Category 2 wa... http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=261 http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=261 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:09:44 GMT Japanese Plus One-Evening Special: Add Colour to your Japanese Twenty-two participants came to the Japan Foundation London on February 14th for a very special, one-off Japanese Plus workshop on wa no iro – the colours of Japan – hosted by Yuko Hayasaka,  editor-in-chief at the Visual Design Institute. The workshop not only gave participants an insight into Japanese colours, but also the opportunity to practice advanced Japanese with help from Hiroko Tanaka, Japanese Language Advisor at the Japan Foundation London. The workshop began with a game to match colours with their names in Japanese; a challenging task, as it was hard to imagine what colours with names such as 「縁色」(yukari-iro, “the colour of affinity”) and 「薄花色」(usuhana-iro, “light flower colour”) co... http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=259 http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=259 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:06:26 GMT Mediation, Interculturality & Citizenship Education: The significance and potential of Japanese Language Education On Saturday 23rd February 2013, Professor Michael Byram of Durham University and Professor Hideo Hosokawa of Waseda University held a lecture on Mediation, Interculturality & Citizenship Education: The significance and potential of Japanese Language Education at the Japan Foundation London, in association with British Association for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (BATJ). Prof. Byram started the lecture by discussing and demonstrating how foreign language teaching in Higher Education should and can be related to liberal educational aims of developing ‘criticality’ in learners and how this can be done through linking language teaching with ‘education for citizenship’. The lecture focused on the theory behind how the aims and objectives of the cultural dimension of language teaching correspond to this of criticalit... http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=258 http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=258 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:47:28 GMT Lingu@netWork The Japan Foundation welcomed people from all over Europe on 6th-8th February 2013 as we hosted a meeting for a new European Commission Funded project called Lingu@netWork.  This project aims to build on the fantastic work of the Lingu@net World Wide website, which is a multilingual portal website for language learning, that links to over 4,900 quality assured resources in 32 different languages. Teachers and language learners can access the current website in 32 different languages including Japanese. There are currently over 160 resources aimed for Japanese which teachers and learners of Japanese have used since its launch in 2011. Lingu@net World Wide was developed by 34 organisations from 25 European countries including the Japan Foundation London. The new Ling@netWork project ... http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=256 http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=256 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:45:31 GMT ABC Awards Networking event On the 21st of January 2013, 40 teachers of Japanese braved the snow to come to come and learn more about ABC Awards. This event, co-organised by the Association for Language Learning (ALL), ABC Awards and the Japan Foundation, introduced the ABC Awards and gave teachers an idea of how these qualifications could be used to accredit Japanese language learning in UK schools. This event was particularly timely as many schools need to find an alternative to the Asset Language Japanese qualification that is due to be scrapped at the end of 2013. Josephine Audigier, Programme Officer at the Japan Foundation opened the event with information about Japanese Language Teaching in the UK and support available from the Japan Foundation. Daniel Moult, of ABC awards, then gave basic information about the structure of the ABC Awards and how these can be used in schools. Lydia More... http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=255 http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=255 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:49:17 GMT 2nd Japan Foundation / BAJS Post-Graduate Workshop Thursday 10th January saw the return of our annual Post-Graduate Workshop, organised in collaboration with the British Association of Japanese Studies (BAJS).  Responding to feedback received following last year’s event, this year’s workshop gave participants the opportunity to present their research and receive feedback from fellow PhD students and senior colleagues.  In all, six current PhD students presented their research -  Alice Freeman (University of Oxford), Anna Seabourne (University of Manchester), Mark Donoghue (University of the Arts, London), Nicolas Garvizu (University of Sheffield), Robert Horn (University of Sheffield), and Takahiro Yamamoto (London School of Economics).  Following these presentations,... http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=254 http://www.jpf.org.uk/news.view.php?id=254 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:35:36 GMT Enjoy Manga and Anime in Japanese! 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