From: comm-nihon92@cup.portal.com (Communication With Japanese)
Newsgroups: sci.lang.japan
Subject: 4/11 Communications Japan, Speaker List
Date: Thu,  9 Apr 92 23:58:23 PDT
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The following announcement for Communications Japan '92
includes the list of speakers and the times of their talks.
You may find the list  helpful for planning your time at 
the event.

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          Communications Japan '92, An Exposition
                         Saturday April 11, 1992
                Foothill College-Campus Center

Communications Japan '92 is a unique opportunity to see innovative
products for learning and using Japanese. It is a chance to try out
applications of multi-media that work as commercial products. In
addition, it's a place to meet people who have had interesting 
experiences with Japan and computing.

At this Exposition you can see and hear:
   * 27 exhibitors from America and Japan
   * 6 talks by experts in Japanese communications
   * Tools for learning about Japan and the Japanese
   * Multi-media products for personal computers
   * Books, tapes, video, electronic mail, word tanks
   * Business and computer clubs.

From Adobe to Zytronix, from katakana to kanji, from "Rapanese" to 
the multi-cultural workplace, there will be something for eveyone 
interested in Japanese.

The Expo runs 10AM-4:30PM. Talks begin at 10AM and end at 3:45PM.
Japanese lunch and green tea will available for a fee. Detailed exhibition
catalogue will be available for FREE (on a first-come, first-served basis).

DIRECTIONS: To reach Foothill College, take the El Monte exit west from
Interstate 280 in Los Altos Hills. Foothill College is on your right 
shortly after the exit ramp. Once on campus, follow the signs to 
Communications Japan '92.

Sponsored by the Japanese Cultural Center at Foothill College,
a non-profit organization:  Admission is FREE. Parking (in student lots) 
is FREE.

 == SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS ==

Time: 10:00
Title: The Mellow Rock Method of Learning Japanese
Description: Come and listen to a little bit of Rapanese.  Meet 
Robert D'Amours, an ex-racehorse jockey & owner of "RAPANESE" 
who will give a short talk and show 2 videos of how it works in 
the classroom.  Meet Kioko McCloud, an educator who will 
explain how she uses it with her students.  Kioko is one of our 
singers on Rapaneses #3.

Time: 11:00
Title: Learning Basic Technical Japanese: A Shortcut for 
Engineers & Scientists
Contents: In recent years, it has become increasingly useful 
for American scientists and engineers to be able to read 
Japanese technical articles, specification sheets, and manuals.  
Busy technical professionals, however, do not have sufficient 
free time to plod through four or more years of traditional 
Japanese language courses.  Fortunately, there is a shortcut.  
Most of the grammar and vocabulary taught in traditional 
language courses is irrelevant for reading technical materials.  
This talk will examine, from the viewpoint of a scientist, how 
to most efficiently reach a useful level of reading 
comprehension for technical Japanese.  The book Basic Technical 
Japanese (Univ. Wisconsin Press), and its companion software 
Kanji-Flash/BTJ will be described along with a variety of 
methods for overcoming mid-course discouragement.

Time: 12:00 
Title: Effective Communications Between Americans & Japanese in 
the Workplace
Description:  Mr. Hosaka will address the Japanese concepts of 
nemawashi, seniority, loyalty, communication and negotiation 
styles and will compare them with American views on these 
subjects.  Although Mr. Hosaka will particularly focus on the 
view point of a Japanese businessman, his presentation covers 
topics that can promote better understanding between Americans 
and Japanese in social settings as well as business 
relationships.  Mr. Hosaka is Senior Marketing Manager for NEC 
Electronics Microprocessor Division.

Time: 1:00
Title: Power Japanese, The Best Use of Your Time
Description: Power Japanese is a breakthrough in teaching the 
Japanese language.  An innovative, multimedia, interactive tool 
which teaches you to read, write, and speak Japanese.

Time: 2:00
Title: What's Difficult About Learning Kanji   An American's 
Perspective
Description: As a native speaker of English who has studied 
Chinese (Mandarin), and who is embarking on a study of 
Japanese, Ms. Hoffman offers her perspective on why so much 
effort is needed to learn kanji.  Her background includes a 
B.S. in linguistics from U.C. Santa Cruz and an M.S. in 
linguistics from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Time: 2:45
Title: KanjiSama(t.m.) Kanji Referencing and Learning Made Easy
Non-native readers of Japanese have long been faced with 
performing a two-step process: first identifying and 
referencing an unknown kanji character, then using a Japanese-
English dictionary to locate that character in combination with 
other characters to learn the English meaning.  KanjiSama 
performs both of these functions rapidly.  Matthew J. Barth, 
Ph.D., co founder of SANBI Software will discuss the 
development and operation of KanjiSama.  The five different 
methods for referencing kanji characters will be covered, 
including a modified radical system called the kanji 
alphanumeric code (KANC, patent pending by SANBI Software).