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2015 AJALT WORKSHOPFEBRUARY, 2015: BREEZE ISSUE #88
A FREE MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER FOR FRIENDS OF JAPAN & TEACHERS OF
JAPANESE－AJALT WORKSHOP ON HOW TO TEACH
JAPANESE PHONETICS－OBJECTIVESAJALT will offer a workshop for Japanese language instructors on effective ways to teachJapanese phonetics. Attendees will learn about two different teaching methods based on thefollowing tools:
The OJAD phonetics dictionary, which is available for free online; andNew WADAIKO textbook developed by AJALT for middle school and high school students.
Researchers have made significant advances in developing effective methods of teaching
Japanese phonetics, and new, online learning tools are also available. The workshop will teachabout these new methods and tools and help the attending instructors achieve the results theywant to see in their classrooms by engaging their students in phonetics early on in theirlanguage education.
Time and date: March 7 (Sat), 2015 from 9:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Tel. 323-761-7510
Number of participants: Maximum 36Participation fee: free(Please bring your own lunch. There are some shops near the venue.)
All attendees will receive a free copy of the WADAIKO textbook!
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Please send your 1. name, 2. affiliation, 3. educational level (K-12) tosawa.toda@ajalt.or. jp Sawa Toda, AJALTAGENDA
9:30 to noon
Teach Phonetics Using the Online Japanese Accent Dictionary (OJAD)
by Noriko Nakamura
OJAD is a free online dictionary of Japanese phonetics developed by a group of Japanese
instructors working with researchers at Tokyo University, led by Professor Nobuaki Minematsu.
Anyone with access to the Internet can use this dictionary for free and learn how to pronounce
9000 nouns and 3500 parts of speech. The dictionary has already been translated into 12
languages, and more than 250,000 people have accessed it since its launch in August, 2012.
Ms. Nakamura will discuss hands-on teaching methods using the OJAD.
1:00 to 3:30pm
Phonetics Lessons Using the WADAIKO Textbook
by Sachiko Adachi
WADAIKO is a new textbook targeting middle school and high school students and will be
published in January, 2015. AJALT leveraged on its expertise in Japanese language education
to develop this textbook, which offers hands-on lessons on the pitch and rhythm of theJapanese language.

WORKSHOP PRESENTERS
Sachiko Adachi
Ms. Adachi is a Japanese language instructor at AJALT with years of experience teaching inChina, Thailand, and Northern Mariana Islands. She also teaches part time at Kokushikan
University and has authored and co-authored many Japanese textbooks, including:Japanese Language Text, Life in Japan (1983～1988, ASIA RHQ)
Japanese for Busy People I (1984, Kodansha International)
Japanese for Busy People I (instruction materials for teachers) (1991, KodanshaInternational)
編集委員『中日交流標準日本語 初級 上・下』『中日交流標準日本語 中級 上・下』
『中日交流標準日本語 会話編』(1988～ 光村図書出版株式会社・人民教育出版社)
Japanese for Young People textbook series (1998, Kodansha International)
Noriko Nakamura
Ms. Nakamura teaches Japanese at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Waseda University,and Keio University. She was an instructor at AJALT from 1983 to 1992 and also taught inPrivacy - Terms

Indonesia in 1990 at the behest of Japan Foundation. Ms. Nakamura has authored and coauthored many Japanese textbooks, including:
共著『さらに進んだスピーチ・プレゼンのための日本語発音練習帳』（2009 ひつじ書房）
共著『初級文型でできるにほんご発音アクティビディ』（2010 アスク）
共著『新完全マスター読解 日本語能力試験N1』（2011 スリーエーネットワーク）
共著『新完全マスター読解 日本語能力試験N2』（2011 スリーエーネットワーク）
東京外国語大学留学生日本語教育センター編著『留学生のためのアカデミック・ジャパニーズ聴解 中級』（2013 スリーエーネットワーク）
東京外国語大学留学生日本語教育センター編著『留学生のためのアカデミック・ジャパニーズ聴解 中上級』（2014 スリーエーネットワーク）

AJALT (ASSOCIATION FOR JAPANESE-LANGUAGE TEACHING)
Originally founded in 1970 (Nishio Japanese Language Research Group), AJALT is one of theoldest Japanese language teaching institutions in Japan. It was recognized as a nonprofit
organization by Ministry of Education in 1977. AJALT students are comprised of businesspersons, researchers, foreign students, technical trainees, refugees, and even children. AJALT
also holds open workshops to help participants develop teaching skills that are targeted tospecific groups of learners. Many of these programs are based on course materials developedby AJALT, including “Japanese for Busy People” textbook series, “Japanese for Young People”
textbook series, “Japanese for Professionals” textbook, and the “Kanji Daisuki” textbook series.
AJALT was officially recognized by the Japanese government as a public interest association in2010.

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