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NEWSLETTER
Message from the President
全米日本語教育学会

会員の皆様

次から次へと前代未聞の事態に見舞われ続けた２０２０年も残す
ところ後一月余りとなりました。大統領選が終わり、９０％を超える予防効果が見られるというワクチンの開発に成功したというニュースが流れ、微かな希望の光が見え始めたとも思える今日この頃。とはいえ、コロナ感染者数は未だ増加傾向にあり、政局も相変わらず落ち着きを見せず、なかなか気を許すことのできない状況です。皆様が心身ともに健やかにお過ごしであることを祈念しております。

Junko Mori
森純子

AATJでは、プロフェッショナル・デベロップメント・ディレク
ター、斎藤アボット先生の指揮のもと、国際交流基金ロサンゼル
ス日本文化センター（JFLA）の支援を受け、春、夏のウェビナーシ
リーズに続き、９月、１０月にウェビナー、そして１１月には全
米各地の日本語教師会の代表を招いてのリーダーシップワーク

ショップを開催してまいりました。春・夏のウェビナーの多くが、突然のリモート化、オンライン化に対応するための具体的な教室活動のデザインの仕方、様々なテクノロジーのツールの取り入れ方を紹介するものであったのに対し、秋の集まりでは、視野を広げ、日本語教育を取り巻く諸事情を鑑みながら、今後の取り組みについて模索する機会が設けられました。
９月１９日のウェビナーでは、前会長の渡辺素和子先生とAATJアドボカシー・ディレクターの山下
和美先生に、どのような形で日本語教育の重要性を伝えていくことができるのか、様々なアイディ
アを提供していただきました。「日本語教育の現状と課題」と銘打った１０月２４日のウェビナー
では、アメリカでの日本語教育の現状に関する最新調査結果をJFLA・石井晋平副所長にご報告いた1

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だき、ワシントン日本大使館・大江耕太郎参事官、元米州住友商事会社ワシントン事務局長・高井裕之氏、継承日本語教育専門家であるカリフォルニア州立大学ロングビーチ校名誉教授・ダグラス
昌子先生に加え、継承日本語学習者であり、且つ現在米州住友商事会社に勤務のグレース・サユリ・
エイハーン氏を交えて、パネルディスカッションを持ちました。政界・財界からのパネリストをお迎えしての話し合いでは、教育現場だけを注視していただけでは見失いがちな視点を提供していた
だくこともでき、今後さらに、このような企画を検討していくべきだと役員一同思いを新たにしております。日本語教育の現状と課題、アドボカシー活動、といったテーマは１１月7日・８日のリーダーシップワークショップも引き続き論ぜられました。現在のパンデミックの財政的打撃の影
響は今後数年にわたって続くであろうこと、パンデミックによって余儀なくされた教育形態の変
更・テクノロジーの取り入れは、パンデミック終息後にもなんらかの形で残っていくであろうこと
は広く共有された認識で、それを前提としての問題解決が求められていることを確認し合いました。月末には、秋の年次学会が初のバーチャルACTFL学会の一部として開催されますが、そこでも、
ポスト・パンデミックの外国語教育の今後を考える機会に恵まれるのではないかと期待しております。
また、１０月のウェビナーでは、今年度の優秀教師賞を２人の受賞者、フレンチ京子先生（ミネソ
タ州サウスウェスト高校）と前田真柄先生（ウィスコンシン大学リバーフォールス校）に贈呈することができました。例年に比べ、簡略化した形となってしまいましたが、このような厳しい体制の中でも、溌剌と教育への情熱を語られたお二人の力強い受賞スピーチに励まされたウェビナー参加者の方々も多いのではないかと思います。
１年という任期で会長役をお引き受けした際、そして、富士山麓で日の出を見ながら迎えた年始には、まさかこの様な一年になるとは予想だにしておりませんでした。学会、ワークショップ等のイベントが全てオンラインになり、結局、皆さんに直接お目にかかってご挨拶をすることもなく任期終了を迎えつつあります。このような状況下で、会長として、どのようにAATJに貢献できるのか、いろいろと思いを巡らせましたが、とにかく様々な緊急事態への対応に際して、経験豊富な他の役
員、スタッフの方々のご意見を伺いつつ、必要な判断を下していくことが私の役目と理解し、活動してまいりました。しかし、この一年を乗り越えることができたのは、一重に常に前向き且つ協力的な姿勢で、努力を惜しむことなく献身的に動いてくださった役員、快くウェビナー・ワークショップへの参加を引き受けてくださった講演者・パネリストの方々のお陰です。２０２１年には、アン・ジョーダン先生が会長を務められることになりますが、引き続き前会長として、ジョーダン先生をサポートし、AATJの活動を盛り立てていきたいと思います。前号のニュースレターでも申し上げましたAATJとしてのダイバーシティ（多様性）・インクルージョン（包括性）への取り組みを考えていくためのタスクフォースですが、多くの方から候補者の自薦・他薦が寄せられました。現在、タスクフォースの最終メンバーを役員内で検討・調整中です。予定通り、１２月にはタスクフォースを発足し、活動を開始していただけるよう、動いておりますので、今しばらくお待ちください。
この活動については、会長としての任期終了後も引き続き尽力していきたいと思っております。
（この問題を考えるにあたって、学会誌Japanese Language and Literatureの最新号に掲載された特集号も参考にしていただければと思います。）また、２０２１年の春季年次学会はAATJ単独でバー
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チャルの学会をすることになり、その運営にウィスコンシン大学マディソン校教育学部PLACE及び東アジア研究センターの協力を得ることになりましたので、春の学会の運営についても引き続き、運営委員の皆様と力を合わせ、準備に当たって参ります。
最後に、会長職以外にも、何人かの役員の交代がございますので、この場を借りてご報告いたします。これまで２年間に渡って、アドボカシー部門のディレクターとして広報活動にもご尽力いただ
いた山下和美先生が任期を終了したため、後任をバージニア州フェアファックス郡フォックスミル
小学校の大塚紀子先生にお願いすることになりました。一方、年賀状コンテストについては、現在公募中のコンテストをもって現任のディレクターであるキャメロン・チェン先生は任期を終えられ、次回のコンテストより、ハワイ州カメハメハマウイ高校のアンディー・スコット先生がディレクターを務めてくださいます。
また、近年AATJが密な協力体制をとらせていただいているJFLAの方でも人事交代がありました。こ
の秋には、コロナの影響で足止めを余儀なくされた内田康子新所長をようやくお迎えすることができました。一方、様々な形で協力体制づくりに貢献していただいた石井晋平副所長は、１２月をもって帰国となります。３年間にわたるアメリカでの日本語教育支援活動への貢献に対してAATJを代表して謝意を表します。
では、皆さまが無事に秋学期を終え、健康かつ安全な年末年始を迎えられること、２０２１年には明るい話題が増えることを祈りつつ、会長としての最後の挨拶とさせていただきます。
２０２０年１１月１５日

会長

森

純子

Dear Members of the American Associa2on of Teachers of Japanese,
The year 2020, ﬁlled with con<nuous unprecedented events, will end in a liAle over a month. The
comple<on of the presiden<al elec<on and the news of successful development of Covid-19
vaccines brought us a faint light of hope. Nevertheless, the number of Covid-19 pa<ents is s<ll on
the rise, the na<on remains divided, and our sense of uncertainty about the future con<nues.
Despite all these challenges, I hope this message ﬁnds you well, both physically and mentally.
This fall AATJ, in collabora<on with the Japan Founda<on, Los Angeles, con<nued its webinar series
under the leadership of AATJ Professional Development Director Professor Yoshiko Saito-AbboA. We
also held our annual leadership training workshop, invi<ng emerging leaders from our aﬃliate
associa<ons around the na<on. Many of our webinars during the spring and the summer were
designed to respond to the sudden shiS from classroom to remote delivery of instruc<on and to
explore how to re-envision classroom ac<vi<es by adap<ng various technology tools. On the other
hand, our fall events were designed to oﬀer opportuni<es to appreciate a bird’s eye view of thecondi<ons surrounding the ﬁeld of Japanese language educa<on and to explore how to approach
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At the September 19th webinar, Immediate Past President Professor Suwako Watanabe and AATJ
Advocacy Director Ms. Kazumi Yamashita-Iverson shared various <ps for promo<ng the signiﬁcanceof Japanese language educa<on. The October 24th webinar, en<tled “Current Status andChallenges of Japanese Language Educa<on in the United States”, featured the presenta<on of theJapan Founda<on Survey on Japanese Language Educa<on 2018 by JFLA Deputy Director, Mr.
Shimpei Ishii, which was followed by discussion among the four panelists: Mr. Kotaro Oe(Counselor, Embassy of Japan in the US), Mr. Hiroyuki Takai (Former General Manager of Sumitomo
Corpora<on, Washington D.C.), Dr. Masako Douglas (Professor Emerita, California State University,
Long Beach and AATJ Heritage Speaker SIG Director), and Ms. Grace Sayuri Ahearn (Sumitomo
Corpora<on of Americas), a heritage speaker of Japanese. The governmental and businessperspec<ves presented by the panelists helped us widen our own perspec<ves as language
educators. Given the signiﬁcance of such exchanges, we hope to create similar opportuni<es again
in the future. The current status and challenges of Japanese language educa<on and advocacy
ac<vi<es were also the themes for the leadership training workshop held on November 7th and8th. It has been widely recognized that the ﬁnancial impact of the current pandemic will last for the
next few years. It is also believed that various technology-mediated instruc<onal approaches
adapted during the pandemic will likely con<nue to take a cri<cal role, even aSer the end of thepandemic. The development of strategies to overcome ongoing challenges must take thesepremises into considera<on. Opportuni<es to consider post-pandemic world language educa<on, I
believe, will emerge during our fall conference, which will be held as part of the very ﬁrst virtual
ACTFL Conference towards the end of this month.
During the October webinar, we also recognized the two recipients of the 2020 AATJ TeacherAward, Ms. Kyoko French (Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN) and Ms. Magara Maeda(University of Wisconsin-River Falls). We had to adjust the format of the award ceremony for thevirtual mee<ng, but their upliSing recep<on speeches, which surely demonstrated their passion for
language teaching, must have empowered many of the webinar par<cipants.
When I stood enjoying the sunrise at the foot of
Mt. Fuji at the beginning of the year, having agreed
to serve as AATJ President for this one-year term, I
never imaged that 2020 would be like this. With all
the conferences and workshops oﬀered online, I
am about to end my term without having a chance
to greet you in person. I have con<nued to ponder
on what I can do as President under suchcircumstances. Ul<mately, I concluded that my role
is to make necessary judgments and decisions to
respond to various situa<ons by consul<ng with
our deeply-experienced oﬃcers, directors and staﬀ.
It is thanks to their forward-thinking, coopera<ve and diligent eﬀorts, along with the presentersand panelists who generously accepted our invita<ons despite their busy schedules, that ourachievements this year were possible. In 2021, Ms. Ann Jordan will be the President and I will

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support her as Immediate Past President for the Associa<on’s ac<vi<es. For instance, I will con<nue
to put my eﬀort into the enhancement of diversity and inclusion in the Associa<on. Many peopleanswered our call for nomina<ons to the AATJ Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce, men<oned in theprevious issue. We are currently ﬁnalizing the arrangement of the Taskforce, and we hope that theteam can begin their work in December as we originally planned. (Please also refer to the special
sec2on of the latest issue of the Associa<on’s oﬃcial journal, Japanese Language and Literature,
which addresses relevant topics.) Further, since the 2021 AATJ Spring Conference will be held
virtually with support of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Educa<on PLACE and theCenter for East Asian Studies, I will con<nue to work closely with the Spring Conference CommiAee
to ensure the success of the Conference.
In addi<on to the transi<on of the Presidency, there are a few changes in the Director posi<ons.
Ms. Kazumi Yamashita-Iverson will complete her two-year term as Advocacy Director this month,and Ms. Noriko Otsuka VanKeuren (Fox Mill Elementary School, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA)
will succeed the posi<on. As for the Nengajo Contest, Mr. Cameron Chien will complete his termwith the currently open contest, and next year’s contest will be coordinated by Mr. Andy ScoA
(Kamehameha Maui High School, HI)
There are also some personnel changes at JFLA, with which AATJ has closely collaborated in recent
years. ASer a few months of delay caused by the pandemic, we ﬁnally welcomed the new JFLA
Director, Ms. Yasuko Uchida, this fall. Addi<onally, Deputy Director Mr. Shimpei Ishii, who has been
instrumental to our collabora<on, will return to Japan at the end of this year. On behalf of AATJ, I
would like to thank him for his contribu<ons to Japanese language educa<on during the last three
years.
I would like to conclude my ﬁnal message as AATJ President by wishing you all a successful
comple<on of the fall semester and a healthy and safe holiday season. Let us hope that 2021 willbring more cheerful news!
November 15, 2020

Junko Mori, President (2020)

Message from the Vice President[副会長からのご挨拶]
役員会では各地域の教師会とのパイプ役になりながら、プロフェッショナルディベロップメント（教員研修関係）を担当している斎藤アボット佳子先生をサポートしながら活動している札谷新吾です。新型コロナウイルスの蔓延化で遠隔授業や準遠隔授業（ハイブリッド）を強いられて頑張っていらっしゃる先生方にあっては、秋学期も終盤を迎えるにあたり、来学期の準備のことが頭をよぎる中で生徒たちのアセスメントに悩んでいらっしゃることと思います。
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新型コロナウイルスの蔓延化は悪化し続け、先の見えない不安の中で引き続き遠隔またはハイブ
リッドの授業を続けていかなくて行けない状況をマイナスと考えずプラス思考に変えていく必要が出てきたように思います。リモート会議システム利用による、種々数々のオンライン会議を通して、日ごろ直接会えない先生とスクリーンを通して話せるなどの貴重な体験をしていらっしゃる先生も多いのではないでしょうか。厳しい状況のなか、協力し合いながらプラス思考を模索していきましょう。
アメリカ合衆国は2021年1月には新大統領、新副大統領を迎えて政策にも様々な変化が出て来ることが予想され、多様性を認識尊重しながらより一層の包括的（インクルージブ）な教育体制を整えていかなければなりません。教師一人一人が孤立することなく仲間の教師と悩みや情報を共有しながら克服していくために、AATJも学会として最近の社会情勢に呼応すべくタスクフォースを立ち上げました。また、夏休み
期間中から続けているウェビナーシリーズを継続してまいります。引
き続きAATJからのEメールにご注目ください。また、過去に行われたウェビナーもAATJのホームページにて公開しておりますのでよろしくお

ShingoSatsutani

札谷新吾

願い申し上げます。
APテストは今年度は時代遅れとなってしまったCDを卒業して完全にオンラインでフルスケールで実施するとの発表があり、遠隔授業の中でAPテストの準備もせねばならない先生方にとっては大変なご苦労を強いることになっていると思います。これに関しましても様々なお声をお聞かせいただければと思います。よろしくお願いいたします。
僕の大学は来年の夏学期終了までの完全遠隔授業を決定するとともにも年に2回行っている日本への学生引率も早くとも2022年の春まで延期となりました。日本への学生、生徒引率を計画、実施される先生方からはぜひともそのお話も聞かせていただきたいと思います。傘下の教師会の遠隔研修会などにも顔を出させていただきたいと思いますのでsatsutan@cod.eduまで是非ご連絡ください。厳しい状況がしばらく続きますが、これを機会にさらにいっそう教師間の絆を深め、発展しながら乗り越えて前進しきましょう。

SHINGO SATSUTANI, Vice President of AATJ

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2020 ACTFL Conference Report
The 2020 AATJ Fall Conference was held on November 20-22, in conjunc<on with the American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Conven<on and World Languages
Expo. The format this year was virtual. All presenta<ons were pre-recorded and were either
simulive or available on demand. During simulive sessions, which occurred on a speciﬁc schedule,aAendees were able to view the pre-recorded content and interact with the presenter through achat feature. On demand sessions were available to view any <me throughout the conven<on
dates. All presenta<ons are available for viewing aSer the conven<on un<l December 31, 2020
(included in the registra<on fee).
We were so happy and excited to see Japanese teachers as two of the ﬁve ﬁnalists for the 2021
ACTFL Na<onal Language Teacher of the Year: Ms. Elena Kamenetzky (Eastern High School inLouisville, KY) and Ms. Carla Swick (Palmer High School, Palmer, AK). Ul<mately, Ms. Kamenetzky
was awarded the 2021 Teacher of the Year. Huge congratula<ons to both of them on this amazing
achievement! Please see ACTFL’s press release for details.
AATJ sponsored two simulive sessions and six on-demand sessions including three prac<ceoriented paper presenta<ons and three research-oriented paper presenta<ons. Because of theonline format, the number of accepted papers and presenta<on sessions were greatly reduced
from past in-person conven<ons. The program of AATJ-sponsored and Japanese-related sessions iss<ll available on the AATJ website at hEps://www.aatj.org/conferences-fall.
The conven<on had three virtual “Meet the Exhibitors” hours, one hour each day from Friday to
Sunday. AATJ par<cipated in “Meet the Exhibitors” with a Zoom booth, featuring three topics: (1)Na<onal Japanese Exam (NJE) with its director, Ms. Tomomi Sato, (2) Japanese Na<onal Honor
Society (JNHS) with its co-director, Ms. Kobayashi Kumi, and (3) Nengajo Contest, with its director,
Mr. Cameron Chien.
On Saturday, AATJ hosted a virtual happy hour via Zoom, and more than 55 people aAended. This
event began with welcome remarks from AATJ President Junko Mori, followed by remarks by AATJ’sguests of honor Director Yasuko Uchida, the Japan Founda<on, Los Angeles. Then we had two 25minute breakout room sessions where guests enjoyed conversa<on and camaraderie. At theclosing, we recognized and honored the AATJ oﬃcers and directors who would complete their termat the end of this year: Junko Mori, President; Suwako Watanabe, Immediate Past President;
Kazumi Yamashita-Iverson, Advocacy Director; and Cameron Chien, Nengajo Director.
It was because of the great support of AATJ members and the Japan Founda<on, Los Angeles, thatthe 2020 annual conference was able to conclude with much success. We would like to express our
deepest apprecia<on to everyone who made this happen.

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AATJ Virtual Booth (3 sessions)2021 ACTFL Teacher of the Year Finalists

AATJ Sponsored Sessions (8 sessions)

AATJ Happy Hour

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The 2021 AATJ Annual Fall Conference will be held during the annual conven<on of ACTFL, which
will take place from Friday, November 19, through Sunday, November 21, 2021, in San Diego, CA.
The submission deadline for proposals is Friday, January 8, 2021 at 11:59 Eastern Time. We lookforward to seeing you again next year!
Call for Proposals: 2021 Annual Conven<on and World Languages ExpohEps://www.acLl.org/conven2on-and-expo/call-proposals-2021
If you want your session or paper presenta<on to be considered for a part of the AATJ program,please pay aAen<on to the following two points in the ACTFL online proposal submission form:
1. Please choose “Japanese” under “Applicable Language.”

2. For Ques<on 2 under “Other,” please choose “Not Applicable (N/A).” If you choose one of the
ACTFL Special Interest Group (SIG), your proposal will be reviewed by the SIG ﬁrst. Once yourproposal has been accepted by the SIG, we cannot include your session or presenta<on in the
AATJ program.

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2020 AATJ/JFLA Leadership Training
Yoshiko Saito-Abbott, AATJ Professional Development Director

The 2020 AATJ/JFLA Leadership Training was held on November 7th and 8th with the enthusias<cpar<cipa<on of emerging leaders in Japanese educa<on.
Due to the pandemic, this year’s training was done virtually. Thirty-ﬁve teachers par<cipated in the
training, represen<ng twenty AATJ aﬃliates. The focus of the training was to gain knowledge of thecurrent status of Japanese language educa<on in the US and develop strategies to address aﬃliate
members’ needs during the pandemic and beyond.
The training workshop started with opening remarks by newly arrived JFLA Director, Yasuko Uchida,
and AATJ President Dr. Junko Mori, followed by their overviews of each organiza<on’s role andadvocacy ac<vi<es. Deputy Director Shimpei Ishii from JFLA reported on the results of the JapanFounda<on’s most recent enrollments survey and the current US status of Japanese educa<on, as
well as the data AATJ and JFLA collected in October on the eﬀects of the pandemic.
Dr. Saito-AbboA, AATJ’s Professional Development Director, shared the J-CAN (Core Prac<ces,Ar<cula<on, and Advocacy) framework and brainstormed crea<ve strategies for teaching prac<ces
during this unique online teaching environment. Par<cipants discussed their aﬃliates’ short-termand long-term ac<on plans aSer a presenta<on from ACTFL’s Advocacy Director, Erin Whelchel, on
na<onal-level advocacy.
The par<cipants will meet again in February and July 2021 to share the status of the ac<on plans of
their aﬃliates.

Japanese National Honor Society Survey
Holly HK Didi-Ogren & Kumi Kobayashi, JNHS Co-Directors

Colleagues, we are gathering informa<on about the current state of Japanese Na<onal Honor
Society chapters at the pre-college and college levels. Whether your place of work has a chapter ornot, please use this link to complete a brief survey.

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2019 Leadership Training Cohort Wrap-Up
Suwako Watanabe, Immediate Past President

On July 31, 2020 approximately nine months aSer the ini<al leadership training in October 2019,
eleven Japanese teachers made the ﬁnal reports on their ac<on plans. They were from the MidAtlan<c region and southern states. Many par<cipants reached out to their fellow teachers in theirlocal area and held a study group or a social func<on such as Shinnen-kai. Steve Balsomico sensei
started to work with a local comic book shop while strengthening social media presence, andNaomi Larson sensei got connected with Japanese teachers in the Upstate New York area planning
events to promote collabora<on among students. Yukino Tanaka sensei and Aya McDaniel sensei
started to explore ways to make their organiza<on AATJ aﬃliates. Hisae Gozu sensei started toshare lesson plans among teachers in Florida. Some of them revisited the speech contest event by
geong input from other teachers. Some of the ac<on plans were interrupted by the pandemic, butthey all reaﬃrmed the power of the network and collabora<on enabling us to overcome distanceand isola<on.
AATJ members, if you are the only Japanese teacher at your school, reach out to the 2019leadership training par<cipants as well as your local aﬃliate:
Tennessee: Kyoko Hammond, Asami Nakano, Dylan Lira, Hironori Nishi
Virginia: Nichole Tsuruta; Georgia: Aya McDaniel; New York: Naomi Larson
Pennsylvania: Steve Balsomico, Yukino Tanaka; Florida: Hisae Gozu, William Collazo

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Japanese National Honor Society Chapter Spotlight
Kumi Kobayashi, Los Gatos High School, California
すっかり秋めいて来ましたね。お元気でお過ごしでしょうか。オンラインでの授業が続いている地域も多いと思います。また徐々に通常授業に移行されている学校もあると思います。皆さんがそれぞれの現場で安全を確保しながら、学びを継続していく難しさを感じられていると思います。そんな中、ロスガトス高校のJapanese Na<onal Honor Societyはがんばっています。オフィサー達とCoadvisorの原裕輝子先生と８月から準備を始め、毎週木曜日の昼休みにZoomで楽しくミーティング
をしています。新しいメンバーも２０名入りました。それぞれが離れて過ごす中、JNHSは生徒がみんなと繋がれる場所として喜ばれていると感じています。
今日は、そんなロスガトス高校のJNHSの活動を紹介します。まずオフィサー達は最初のミーティン
グでメンバーのみんなにJNHSはメンバーのためにあり、みんなの参加で成り立っていることを伝えました。オフィサーミーティングでは、いつもみんなが参加したいと思う活動、メンバーが活動を楽しみながらお互いを知り、このクラブを一緒に作り上げていることを実感できるようにいつも企画を考えています。オフィサーは毎週のミーティングを円滑に行えるように、Google Slideを用意しています。いつもミーティングは日本のミュージックビデオで始まります。ヨルシカ、HIGEDANDISM、藤井風、YOASOBIなどです。そして、活動のお知らせの後、毎回オンラインでできる日
本文化及び言葉のゲームをしています。Skribbl、ScaAergories、Quizzesなど様々なサイトを利用したゲームです。活動の情報は前回も紹介したLos Gatos High School JNHS websiteに載せています。ここにVirtual Mee<ngのリンクがあり、メンバーは活動の内容やアナウンスメントもここで見ることが出来ます。
例えば、今学期行ったのは、JNHS T-Shirt Design Contestです。これは毎年行っていますが、今年は早めに始めて、２学期学校が再開した暁にはみんなで来ていけるようにしました。メンバーが投稿したデザインにみんなで投稿し、今年はこのデザイン（写真参照）に決まりました。ゲームの最多勝者がJNHSのTシャツをもらえることになっています。
それから、今はみんな四コマ漫画プロジェクトに取り組んでいます。テーマはいろいろですが、一人またはペアで参加できるようにし、最後にみんなで一番いい漫画を選びます。そして、ロスガトス高校の日本語プログラムは２０２2020 LGHS JNHS T-shirt
design contest winner

２年に２０周年を迎えます。これを記念して、日本語プロ
グラムのロゴをデザインするコンテストを開催しています。
このコンテストには、日本語プログラムの生徒にも参加してもらいますが、先陣を切ってJNHSのメンバーがデザイン

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を投稿します。最後の活動はオフィサーの提案で、生徒会に承認をもらいCultural Award for
Excep<onal Par<cipa<onという賞を新たに設けることにしました。リモートでの活動が続きます
が、やる気のあるメンバーの貢献を称えることが出来ると思います。
学期当初は例年のようなイベントも出来ない中、どう活動を継続していくのか心配でした。でも、オフィサーと力を合わせて前向きに準備していくことで、例年よりも団結力があり、メンバーともつながりが感じられる活動が出来ています。先生方の学校のJNHSはどんな活動をされていますか。
ぜひ教えてください！次回のニュースレターで活動紹介をしてくださる先生を募集しています。小林(kkobayashi@lgsuhsd.org)までお気軽にご連絡ください。

Fall has arrived. I hope everyone is enjoying the change of seasons. I think many of you are s<llteaching remotely. Some schools might be transi<oning to in-person teaching gradually. All of us
are facing challenges in staying safe while maintaining students’ engagement in their learning.
Meanwhile, the Japanese Na<onal Honor Society at Los Gatos High School is going strong. We
started planning for this year in August with the oﬃcers and Co-Advisor Yukiko Hara Sensei. Our
weekly virtual mee<ngs take place on Thursday during lunch <me. This year about twenty new
members joined JNHS. The JNHS Zoom mee<ng has become a place to gather and connect witheach other.
Today I would like to share virtual ac<vi<es.
In the ﬁrst mee<ng the oﬃcers reminded
the members that JNHS exists for themembers and we are coun<ng on theirac<ve par<cipa<on. During the planningmee<ngs with the oﬃcers, we always think
about what kind of ac<vi<es will encourage
the members to par<cipate and get to knoweach other. The oﬃcers create Google slides
for the mee<ng with a music video,
announcements, and a game. Some of the
Example slide from meetingmusic videos we showed are Yorushika,
HIGE DANDISM, Fujii Kaze, and YOASOBI.
ASer the announcements, we play a game together which involves Japanese culture andvocabulary. The oﬃcers create games using Skribbl, ScaAergories, Quizzes, etc. Our new JNHS
website which Hara Sensei built is the place we post the mee<ng links and the informa<on aboutac<vi<es.
In this semester, we had the annual JNHS T-shirt Design Contest. We started early this year to beable to distribute the shirts before the second semester in the hope to wear the shirt when wemeet face to face. We honor the champion of the weekly game by presen<ng a free JNHS t-shirt.
Currently the members are crea<ng the “Yon koma manga”. They can choose a theme they like andwork individually or in pairs. We will select the best manga at the end and showcase the entries on
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our website. Some members are also working on designing a logo for the LGHS Japanese Program.
In 2022, our program will celebrate its twen<eth anniversary. We are going to open this contest to
everyone in the Japanese Program. The logos the JNHS members create will be shown as examples
to give other students ideas to create their own. Lastly, our oﬃcers are working on crea<ng a newaward called “Cultural Award for Excep<onal Par<cipa<on” which will be sponsored by ASB. Thisaward will be given to a special member who contributes ac<vely.
In the beginning of the year we were worried how JNHS would con<nue to aAract the members
online. But we are able to have strong turnout and posi<ve and fun experiences as a club. Ouroﬃcers’s teamwork and the members’ par<cipa<on made it happen. What is your JNHS doing thisyear? Please share your story in the next newsleEer! Please contact Kumi Kobayashi(kkobayashi@lgsuhsd.org) for more informa<on. We’re looking forward to hearing from many
sensei!

AATJ 2021 Spring Conference
The 2021 Annual Spring Conference will be held VIRTUALLY between Thursday, March 25, andSaturday, March 27, 2021. The precise schedule will be announced in January 2021. The event willtake place over 2 or possibly 3 days, with live online sessions via Zoom. The 2021 conference
keynote speaker will be Oriza Hirata (平田オリザ), one of the key ﬁgures in the contemporary
theater scene in Japan; he will deliver his talk, en<tled 「対話の時代の日本語教育」[Japanese
Language Educa<on in the Era of “Dialogue”], online from Japan.

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Proposals were submiAed in November, and the review of proposals will take place during themonth of December. Proposal submiAers will be no<ﬁed in January of the results of the review. We
will start working with presenters in February to prepare for their online presenta<ons.
AATJ is commiAed to gender, ethnic, ins<tu<onal, and professional diversity among presenters.
Submissions reﬂec<ng diversity and inclusiveness in addi<on to quality will take precedence in thereview process.
Presenta<ons at the conference will be in the areas of (1) Pedagogy (subtopics include curriculum/course design and implementa<on; materials development; assessment; language, culture, andiden<ty; and language and technology); (2) Literature, (3) Second Language Acquisi<on; (4)Linguis<cs; and (5) Special Interest Group topics.
Please look for informa<on on registering and par<cipa<ng in the conference on the AATJ website
in January: hEps://www.aatj.org/conferences-spring.

AATJ’s Professional Development Program Continues
The webinar series that began in the spring has con<nued during the fall months, with webinars
taking place at least once a month. In September and October, webinars focused on advocacy, withpresenters from both inside and outside the ﬁeld.
All the webinars, beginning with those taking place in March, were recorded and are archived on
AATJ’s website: recordings, PPT slides, and chat transcripts for all of the webinars are posted at
hEps://www.aatj.org/teaching-resources, along with other resources for online and in-person
teaching, advocacy, and racial and social jus<ce issues in the language classroom.
In November, AATJ presenters were well represented at the ACTFL Virtual Conven<on. All the
ACTFL sessions (including Japanese-related and those related to other languages and world
languages in general) are available online un2l December 31 to those who registered for the
conference.

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Summer 2021: There’s Still Time!

You can still get to Japan with your students this summer. That said, the January 30
application deadline is quickly approaching. Apply today at laurasian.org/npj orgive us a call at 800.721.7474 to begin the conversation.

And remember, with eight students, you—the teacher—join for free!

A 2-week group study tour with homestays
and school visits, New Perspectives: Japan is a
program of Laurasian Institution and open to all
U.S. middle/high school students and teachers.

Homestays & School Visits | Hassle-Free Cancellations
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2021 NENGAJO Contest: Year of the Ox
Welcome back to a new school year! We hope you had a wonderful and rejuvena<ng summer
break and are ready for the exci<ng year. As the new school year begins, we would like to inform all
AATJ members about the Nengajo Contest 2021, Year of the Ox. 734 cards were submiAed by 146
members in 2020’s contest.
For College/University teachers: your students can send a card individually. All you need to do ispromote the NENGAJO contest! We understand that your term works diﬀerently from K-12 levels,
so we hope this helps your situa<on.
There are 4 categories for the contest: Ar<s<c, Comical, Computer Generated, and Encouragement.
Encouragement category is available for all levels except for elementary (upper & lower). Pleaseconsider each category carefully. We choose the winners who meet each category’s descrip<on.
CATEGORYDESCRIPTIONARTISTIC

The card shows the skills of the ar<st on the design, coloring, and wri<ngs.

COMICAL

The design is amusing and funny and the card is done neatly and nicely.

COMPUTER
GENERATEDThe card meets all the requirements and neatly done by a computer.

ENCOURAGEMENT

The design is a message of hope and encouragement for everyone.

Each school can nominate 2 cards per category, for a total of 8 students (6 students for elementaryteachers). If you teach at 2 or more schools or diﬀerent levels such as elementary, middle, and highschool, you can nominate 8 cards from each school and/or each level (Each level means
elementary, middle, high school, and college/university). If you are teaching diﬀerent grades inelementary school, you can only nominate up to 8 students from the school.
The winners will be awarded a cer<ﬁcate and an Amazon giS card. Images of the winners’ nengajo
will be displayed on the AATJ website. All par<cipants will receive a cer<ﬁcate of par<cipa<on.
Due to on-going school closures, this year’s contest will only accept digital submissions. You cansign up for the contest and upload your entries via the Contest Google Form. You need to be acurrent 2020 member of AATJ to submit your nomina<ons. Please check your membership status
before submiong your cards. Submissions must be uploaded by Saturday, December 26, 2020.
For more detailed informa<on regarding this contest, please visit hEps://www.aatj.org/studentac2vi2es. Please contact Cameron Chien at cameron.chien@gmail.com for any ques<ons. Thankyou - we look forward to your submissions!

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OFFICIAL 2021 AATJ NENGAJO CONTEST RULESYEAR OF THE OX
Eligibility:
The teacher must be an AATJ member for the January 2020 - December 2020 membership year.

HTTPS://BIT.LY/36WBT5X

Elementary Lower, Elementary Higher, Middle, High School Level:
Only 2 cards per category are allowed for each level at each school (if you teach at more than 1 school and/or level, you
may enter 2 per category for each school/level– with a limit of 8 per school/level. If there are more than one AATJ
member at your school, each teacher can submit up to 8 cards). Due to on-going school closures, this year’s contest will
only accept digital submissions. Hand-drawn student work can be scanned via a scanner or scanning software on
smartphones, etc.
College/University Level:
Only 1 card by each entrant is allowed. Students of Japanese are responsible for entering their own cards for thecontest. *A college/university student entrant must have a teacher who is an AATJ member in order to enter thecontest.
COMPETITION LEVELS:COMPETITION CATEGORIES
Elementary Lower (K-2)
Artistic
Elementary Higher (3-5)
ComicalMiddle (6-8)
Computer Generated
High (9-12)
Encouragement (Middle, High School, College only)
College/University Level
Application and Submissions can be accessed here: https://forms.gle/btfU1ArZ1BaZLXhD9
Nengajo Requirements: (Nengajo submissions that do not follow these instructions will be disqualified.)§ Nengajo submissions must maintain a 4 X 6 inch ratio in size.
o Similar to past contests, the usage of 4 x 6 inch blank index cards is recommended.
o Digitally scanned cards must be clear and legible.
§ The design theme must focus on the upcoming 2021 Year of the Ox.
§ Designs for the Artistic, Comical, and Encouragement must be ORIGINAL and hand-drawn.
§ Designs for Computer Generated Category may include personal photos and original art created on a computer.
§ All kanji and hiragana/katakana must be written in pen (any color).
§ Designs must be in good taste or praiseworthy across international cultures and societies.
§ When uploading submissions, please be wary of your file names. File names must include student name, school,
category name, and teacher’s last name.
Elementary School Rules
Middle, High School, and College Rules§ Student’s name must be written vertically or§ Student’s name must be written vertically or
horizontally on the left-hand side of card inhorizontally on the left-hand side of card inkatakana (unless name is of Japanese origin –katakana (unless name is of Japanese origin –teacher-assigned Japanese names are not allowed)
teacher-assigned Japanese names are not allowed)§
The
year “2021” or “二〇二一”§ The design must include “2021” or “二〇二一”§
EitherGANTAN (元旦) or TSUITACHI (一日) written in§ The design must include one of the following:kanji
元旦, 一日, あけましておめでとう、牛、丑、うし§ Kanji for ox 牛 or 丑

Sample Nengajo formatting:Year in Kanji or
numberImage: https://illust-dayori.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eto-usi01.png

Please email Cameron Chien if you have any questions.
Student’s Name
Written verticallyin Katakana

二
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二
一
マ
イ
ケ
ル

元
旦

丑

一日 or 元旦
(or あけましておめでとう forES)
Animal in Kanji(Must for MS,
HS, and College)

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2020 AATJ Teacher Awards
It is our great pleasure to introduce this year’s AATJ Outstanding Teacher Award recipients: Kyoko
French from Southwest High School in Minneapolis, MN, and Magara Maeda from the Universityof Wisconsin, River Falls, WI. The AATJ Teacher Award recognizes outstanding teachers who havedemonstrated excellence in teaching, advocacy, and leadership, both locally and na<onally. The
awards would have been presented in-person at the AATJ Awards luncheon at ACTFL in San
Antonio. However, due to COVID-19, we recognized Maeda sensei and French sensei virtually,
during the October 24th webinar.

Kyoko French, Southwest High School
Since star<ng the Japanese program at Southwest High School in 1991, French sensei has been a<reless advocate for Japanese language learners and teachers. Her eﬀorts over the past three
decades in facilita<ng cultural exchange, ongoing professional development, and student
opportuni<es have strengthened and elevated Japanese language programs not just at her school,
but across Minnesota. Fellow MCTJ colleague Laura Moy says, “With over 40 years of teachingexperience in Japan and the United States, Kyoko-sensei’s experience and accomplishments aresecond to none. She is one of those teachers who does it all.” Congratula<ons, French sensei!
Message from French sensei:
Thank you so much to the American Associa<on of Teachers ofJapanese for suppor<ng me while teaching Japanese in the US.
I am very honored and humbled to be recognized as an AATJ
Teacher of the year and to join past recipients whom I have longadmired.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who
made it possible for me to be here, especially the President of
Minnesota Council Teachers of Japanese, Laura Moy, whonominated me. Addi<onally, I would like to thank FumikoMatsumoto, a colleague and instructor of Japanese at Universityof Minnesota. Her collabora<on has been invaluable.
I thank my family for their love and support throughout 30 yearsof teaching in the US. In Japan, I taught Math and Physical
Educa<on. When I moved to the US in 1991, I started the Japanese Program at Southwest HighSchool. I had to undergo what seemed at the <me to be an impossible transi<on and neededmuch support. Because of my English ability, it was a struggle for me to survive each day to teachMath, Physical Educa<on and Japanese my ﬁrst couple of years at Southwest. I struggled just to
keep my Japanese program alive. I could not have survived without the generous support of so
many.
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In being recognized with this award, I ﬁnd myself reﬂec<ng on my journey in educa<on and thepath that led me to where I stand today. I was embraced and welcomed by so many amazingteachers na<onwide and suppor<ve organiza<ons like AATJ. I have been fortunate to stay at one
school and oﬀer stability for students who were interested in studying Japanese in the long term.
Thirty years at the same school fostered strong <es in the community and to families, far beyond aﬂee<ng elec<ve class. The rela<onships I have enjoyed with students, colleagues andadministrators are enduring and cherished. I am not able to say thank you enough to thesepeople, but going forward I will do my best to serve my school, my region and other phenomenal
AATJ educators as I con<nue on this journey. This award is my life<me treasure. Thank you!

Magara Maeda, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Maeda sensei has been an advocate, leader, and mentor for Japanese language educa<on for
many, many years as well as an early adopter of blended learning. Her extensive exper<se inteaching online and building hybrid courses for Japanese was truly a lifesaver for Japanese teachers
across the United States when we were all thrust into a brand new and in<mida<ng teachingenvironment this past spring. In March, she presented “Flying by the Seat of your Pants-Crisis
Teaching Without Sacriﬁcing Proﬁciency” for the ﬁrst in a series of webinars AATJ presented thisyear. It was aAended by 400 teachers and has impacted even more as the video of the presenta<on
has been viewed and shared over and over since then. Maeda sensei, described by co-presenter
Lauren Rosen, Director of University of Wisconsin’s System Collabora<ve Language Program, as a“stellar educator”, suddenly gained hundreds of new students-an en<re community of Japaneseteachers, whom she con<nues to guide and support through the ongoing challenges.
Congratula<ons and thank you, Maeda sensei!
Message from Maeda sensei:
I am honored and humbled to receive the 2020 AATJ TeacherAward. I could not have done this without my friends, family,colleagues, and dedicated students. If it weren't for Covid-19
pandemic, I wouldn't be receiving this award. However, thefact that a teacher like me who is an “online teaching andlearning advocate” has received this award reﬂects the current
state of Japanese language educa<on in the US.
Online teaching is no subs<tute for a living teacher. I think thatonline teaching is a great way to cri<cally rethink everyday
teaching, decluAering, and supports the transi<on to newJapanese language educa<on and curriculum redesign with aneye on the current situa<onand learner diversi<es.
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educators across the US who have been working hard since the emergency pivot to remoteteaching in March, and for the Japan Founda<on and AATJ who have been suppor<ng us
tremendously. Let’s celebrate our accomplishment! Let’s con<nue our curriculum redesign
endeavor together! And let’s not forget importance of self-care and to be kind to ourselves!
Thank you again for your support and recogni<on.

New Master’s Degree Program at Middlebury
The School of Japanese at Middlebury Language Schools announces a new collabora<ve master’s
degree program in Japanese language and culture that is set to launch in the Summer of 2021. The
program consists of twelve 3-credit hour courses and can be completed in as liAle as 14 months.
Six courses will be oﬀered during two summers at Middlebury College in Vermont, and six courses
will be oﬀered in 2 academic semesters online. The two summer sessions are 6 weeks each: classes
will be taught over 2 weeks, 4 hours per day. The summer courses are oﬀered in conjunc<on with
Middlebury’s 8-week immersion program. Both 8-week immersion students and 6-week graduate
students must sign a Language Pledge to speak, read, and write only Japanese during the program.
This new graduate program is intended to increase the number of American teachers who canteach Japanese language and culture at US schools and community colleges. The program is ideal
for JET Program returnees who possess a Japanese language proﬁciency level of Intermediate-Highor above using ACTFL proﬁciency scales. Graduates of this program should be able to teach atcommunity colleges and private K-12 schools. However, it does not replace the state-speciﬁc
creden<al requirements to teach at public K-12 schools and addi<onal educa<on courses needed
to meet those requirements.
All but one course is taught in Japanese. The faculty members of this program are ac<vely engaged
in AATJ leadership and teacher training programs both locally and na<onally. They come from awide range of US ins<tu<ons of higher educa<on. The program curriculum is designed so that it
not only oﬀers core teaching program courses such as pedagogy, linguis<cs, literature, SLA
theories, SLA research, and technology in Japanese language educa<on, but also unique courses
such as anthropology, global cultural competence, transla<on, and Japanese for Professionals. The
second summer includes a teaching prac<cum in the 8-week immersion program and exposure to
Middlebury’s unique immersion language programs and alumni network.
The program is supported by grants from the Japan Founda<on. Middlebury Language Schools also
oﬀers need-based ﬁnancial aid and scholarships to cover up to 100% of tui<on, room, and board.
The applica<on will open on November 2. For more informa<on, please visit:www.middlebury.edu/language-schools/languages/japanese/graduate-program-japanese

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2021 NJE Registration Opens on January 4
Registra2on Period: 1/4/21 – 2/5/21
Late Registra2on Period: 2/8/21 – 2/18/21 (New!)
Exam Period: 2/21/21 – 4/10/21
Exam Fee: $10 per student (standard registra<on), $25 per student (late registra<on - New!)
Categories:
Level 1: Middle/Junior High School, High School, College: Regular
Level 2: Middle/Junior High School, High School, College: Regular
Level 3: High school: Regular, Addi<onal, Others; College: Regular, Addi<onal
General Guidelines:
Gold Level: 90 % of the exam total score and above
Silver Level: 80-89 %Bronze Level: 70-79 %Honorable Men2on: 60-69 %All: Cer<ﬁcate of Par<cipa<on
The Na<onal Japanese Exam (NJE) is an online, proﬁciency-oriented, standards-based and culturerelated assessment tool for students who are studying Japanese as a second language. The
purpose of the NJE is to recognize achievement in the study of Japanese language and culture, tomo/vate students to further study and explore Japanese language and culture, to advocate forstandards-based, proﬁciency-oriented, and content-based teaching and learning of Japanese, andto serve as a diagnos/c assessment of Japanese language skills
Teachers who conduct the NJE may award cer<ﬁcates to students (Gold Level, Silver Level, Bronze
Level, Honorable Men<on, and Par<cipa<on cer<ﬁcates), and the exam results can be used tohighlight the success of their Japanese programs and celebrate their students' accomplishments.
The NJE also helps teachers iden<fy strong and weak areas in their teaching as well as to see
students’ strengths and weaknesses in various areas including skimming, scanning, contextual
reading & listening, grammar and vocabulary.
Na<onal Japanese Exam (NJE)は、第２言語として日本語を学習している生徒・学生のために開発された、プロフィシェンシー重視、スタンダーズベースのテストで、また文化能力を評価するテストです。NJEは日本語学習の成果を讃え、また日本語学習に対するさらなる学習意欲を高めることを目的としています。
NJEでは、受験者全員に賞（*ゴールドレベル、シルバーレベル、ブロンズレベル、努力賞、参加賞）が授与されます。先生方には学内、学区などで日本語プログラムの業績を可25

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視化したり、学習者の努力や達成度を称したりするために利用可能です。また、教師の教え方の振り返りのためのツールの一つとしての利用、そしてスキミング、スキャニング、
読解力、聴解力、基礎知識などスキル別に学習者の得手不得手を見分けるのにも役立ちます。
Click here to download a pamphlet

2021年度パンフレットはこちら

Click here to download a poster

2021年度ポスターはこちら

More informa<on: hEps://www.aatj.org/na2onal-japanese-exam
Ques<ons? nje@aatj.org

Call for Papers: Princeton Japanese Pedagogy ForumThe 27th Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum (PJPF) will be held remotely (online) on Saturday,
May 8, 2021. The theme of the 27th Princeton Japanese Language Educa<on Forum is "Rethinking
Assessment for Learning." The keynote speakers will be Professor Kimi Kondo Brown of the
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Professor Seiichi Makino of Princeton University.
The Forum invites papers related to the main theme for both pre-college and college level as wellas heritage Japanese language and culture educa<on. In addi<on, we welcome any paper related
to Japanese language educa<on in general, including second language acquisi<on, linguis<cs, andtechnology in language learning and teaching, among others.
In 2021, we are planning two types of presenta<ons: (1) a live presenta<on (20 minutes and 10
minutes of discussion), and (2) a non-live, pre-recorded video presenta<on (20 minutes ofpresenta<on) that will be open to the registrants for a certain period of <me. Please let us know
which presenta<on format you prefer when you submit your abstract. We would appreciate it if
you could submit the abstracts at hEps://pjpf.princeton.edu/2021call-for-paper by January 15,2021. We will send you the results by January 31, 2021.
If you are selected, you will be asked to submit your proceedings in either of the presenta<onformats. The deadline for the proceedings is Friday, May 7, 2021. Please note that the proceedings
will be posted on the Forum's website aSer the conference. Please use the same language for yourabstract and proceedings as you will use for the presenta<on. If you have any ques<ons about theforum, please email us at PJPF@princeton.edu.

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