The 12th Annual Mid-Atlantic Japanese Pedagogy Workshop

Japanese Workshop Introduction Program Abstracts Keynote Speaker's Abstract Town Meeting Summary SPECIAL EVENTS SE Home JAPANESE PROGRAM Japanese: Major and Minor Courses in Japanese Nihongo News Japanese Resource Page Japanese Language Page DEPARTMENTAL LINKS Home 防府天満宮 御影 文久二年 大藤氏 Image of Tenmangu by Ofuji, 1862 Sugawara Michizane (845-903) was a poet and scholar of early Heian Japan, who was unjustly exiled to Dazaifu. He is now considered the patron saint of learning in Japan under the name Tenmangu. Let's hope that this classical figure will provide aid and comfort to Japanese teachers as well as its learners. 花見一朗蔵

department of EAST asian LANGUAGES and LITERATURES ミッド アトランティック 日本語教育法 ワークショップ 第十二回例会 生徒を日本語に 引き込むための 創造的な戦略 Creative Strategies for Engaging Students in the Japanese Classroom June 1 and 2, 2002 at The George Washington University Photo's coming soon. Town Meeting Summary Articulation between K12 and Post Secondary Japanese Instruction: A first step in addressing issues to link the needs and expectations of K12 and college instructors Can't read Japanese? Click Here Want more info on Japan? Check out the Updated Japanese Resource Page at GW. It contains links to websites on news, pop culture, online dictionaries, scholarships and interships, and e-text of Japanese literature. Sponsors The 12th annual workshop is made possible through the generous gifts from the following organizations: The Japan Foundation Northeast Asia Council Canon, Virginia ITOCHU International The Sigur Center, GWU Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, GWU Elliott School of International Affairs, GWU Keynote Speaker This year's keynote speaker was Professor Sonja Arntzen from the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. She presented a lecture and conducted a workshop based on her article, "Old Pond, Students Leap In, Sound of Laughter" in a recent issue of Japanese Language and Literature, from the Association of Japanese Teachers. "This lecture will suggest a mode of introducing students at all levels to the history and forms of Japanese poetry through the use of creative activities. The workshop that follows the next day will demonstrate the use of linked verse composition as a classroom activity." The Mid-Atlantic Japanese Pedagogy Workshop The workshop-formerly the Virginia Japanese Pedagogy Workshop initiated by Professor Ken'ichi Ujiie of Washington and Lee University-is an annual meeting focusing on issues concerning Japanese language instruction from kindergarten to university levels for teachers from the Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Maryland areas. Updated: June 22, 2002