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JAPANESE LANGAUGE EDUCATION UPDATE 20

JULY, 2015: BREEZE ISSUE #93
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JAPANESE LANGUAGE EDUCATION UPDATE#20:OVERVIEW OF JFLA'S LANGUAGE-RELATEDPROGRAMS
by Amanda Rollins, Japanese Language Program Coordinator
You probably know that JFLA supports Japanese arts and culture with events, film screenings,tours, exhibitions, lectures and workshops. But are you aware of the myriad things that we dofor Japanese language in the United States? Here’s a brief overview:Supporting LearnersAdvocacy: People love to ask us, “Why should I speak Japanese?” And we love to answer with:“Go to our website SPEAKJAPAN.org!!” It’s a collection of reasons to learn Japanese, supported
by interesting facts and statistics.

Survey/Database: Every three years, JFLA works hard to survey all of the institutions in the US
which teach Japanese. The result is an online database which students can use to find places
to learn Japanese – that includes public schools, private schools, weekend schools, adultschools, and online schools.
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High School Students Trip to Japan: The JET Memorial Invitation Program (JET-MIP) invites 32
students on a two-week tour of Japan in thesummer, including visits to the tsunamidevastated areas in Tohoku.
Supporting Teachers
Assistant Teachers: The Japanese Language
Education Assistant Program (J-LEAP) provides
schools with assistant Japanese language
teachers for up to two years.
Leadership Workshop: In collaboration with theAmerican Association of Teachers of Japanese(AATJ), JFLA invites potential leaders in the field of Japanese language education to gather
together and work toward creative problem-solving and improving leadership skills.
Online Resources: JFLA’s Teacher Page is a collection of internet goodies: a job listings page, aTeaching Resources page, and all kinds of information about assessments and scholarships.
Don’t forget our popular How to Become a Teacher page!
Conferences: JFLA staff regularly attend large
conferences where we set up a booth for
information distribution and networking. We
also often hold training sessions orpresentations, or support special panels anddiscussion forums.
Supporting Schools
Grants: Every year, JFLA awards a multitude ofgrants to schools all over the country tosupport their Japanese classes and increase
opportunities for students to study thelanguage. Items eligible for support: teaching materials, teacher training and professional
development, teacher salaries, learner events, and material development.
Invitational Group Tour to Japan: When a new Japanese program starts at a school, it must havestrong support from the administration from the very beginning. With that in mind, we invite
superintendents, board of education members, and principals on a group tour trip to Japan.
They always come back excited for Japanese!
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Consulting: We are always happy to hear from you! Whether you want to discuss a challenging
issue at a school, get information about scholarships or exchanges, or let us know about a newJapanese program, please email us or call us at (323)761-7510.

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