National Symposium
on Japanese Language Education
Proceedings
2012
Creating the Future

The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education

National Symposium on Japanese Language Education Proceedings
2012: Creating the FutureThis journal is available for download from The Japan Foundation, Sydney site.
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EditorProfessor Chihiro Kinoshita Thomson, UNSW, Australia
Peer Review Committee
Anne de Kretser, Melbourne Centre for Japanese Language Education
Cathy Jonak, The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Dr Hyogyung Kim, Osaka University
Dr Robyn Spence-Brown, Monash University
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Yutaka Nakajima, The Japan Foundation, Sydney
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ContentsForeword
Nao Endov

Introduction
Anne de Kretservii

Editor’s introduction
Chihiro Kinoshita Thomsonxi

Cutting-edge language education

13Japanese language education in the global era: new perspectivesand advocacy
Yasu-Hiko TohsakuThe development of the Australian Curriculum and implications forJapanese language education
Angela Scarino

15

Differentiated instruction in Japanese language classes
Hiroko Kataoka

31

Japanese language education in Australia: now and the future

49

Plenary Panel Discussion
Robyn Spence-Brown, Matthew Absalom, Anne de Kretser, Kathe Kirby,
Carolyn Stevens, Chihiro Kinoshita Thomson, Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, Kent
AndersonInnovative practices

51

71

Wiki wonderland: a tool for learning and advocacy
Wendy Venning

73

Japanese speech night at the primary school level: advocacy throughlanguage learning
Mariel Howard83

初級日本語コースにおけるタブレットPCの使用:
インキング機能を使用した授業運営の利点と課題

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Sarah Pasfield-Neofitou, Masae Uekusa, Mari Morofushi
グローバル時代における日本語教育:
プロセスとケースで学ぶビジネスコミュニケーション

103

Aya Kondoh, Hyogyung Kimiii

Food for thought

117Japanese heritage language learners and the NSW high school
curriculum: eligibility criteria and other hurdles
Noriko Shimada, Paul Moore

119

Lost in research: an attempt to create a learning community for research
students at an Australian university
Tetsushi Ohara, Kaori Shimasaki, Yuji Okawa

129

Contributor Biographies

129

Conference Abstracts

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Foreword
Welcome to the volume of proceedings from the National Symposium on Japanese
Language Education (NSJLE) 2012. This event was the first in almost four decades tobring together Japanese language educators from across all sectors and levels aroundthe nation. Australia has the fourth-largest number of Japanese learners in the world,and more than 95% of those learners are at the primary and secondary levels. NSJLE
provides the unique opportunity to bring together the diverse groups of the Japanese
language education community in Australia to share information and expertise.
The 2012 symposium was a great success. This volume is a record of the depth andbreadth of knowledge in the field of Japanese language education in Australian schools.
It allows those who were not able to attend the chance to engage with ideas and opinionsfrom the symposium. These papers offer a glimpse into innovative ways in which
Australian teachers of Japanese are leading the field and helping to create the future ofinternational Japanese language education.
I would like to thank the following people for their tireless work in making theseproceedings possible: Professor Chihiro Kinoshita Thomson, for her work guiding
the editorial panel through the selection and editing process; Robyn Spence-Brown,
Anne de Kretser, Cathy Jonak and Hyogyung Kim for taking part in the selection andediting process; and Yutaka Nakajima, Matthew Todd and Elicia O’Reilly for editorialassistance and administration. Finally, thank you to the contributors to this volume,
without whom none of this would be possible.
The papers in this volume are but a small selection of the strong voices heard on the day.
I hope you enjoy them.
Nao EndoDirector
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
July 2014v

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