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JAPANESE LANGAUGE EDUCATION UPDATE 11

OCTOBER, 2014: BREEZE ISSUE #84
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JAPANESE LANGUAGE EDUCATION UPDATE #11: JFLAADVOCACY RESOURCES SURVEY SELECTEDRESULTSby Amanda Rollins, Japanese Language Program Coordinator
We recently conducted a voluntary survey of Japanese language teachers around the country asking them
why and how they promote their Japanese programs. Exactly 200 teachers completed the survey, thanks
to the many teachers associations which spread the word.
For the question, “In your individual situation, why do you do advocacy?” (multiple answers allowed), 89%
answered “To increase enrollment,” 83% answered, “To inspire people to be interested in Japan,” 72%answered, “To build a community of support for the Japanese program,” and 65% answered, “To persuade
my school administration of the value of the Japanese program.” Less popular answers included: “Toenrich the content of my classes” (33%), “To increase the quantity and quality of my teaching materials”(20%), and “To develop my own teaching skill” (15%). Several “Other” section answers included fundraising,community outreach, and student personal growth.
When we asked respondents if they have ever tried holding Japanrelated events, 43% of teachers responded that they do it
regularly, half said that they had tried it once or several times, andonly 7% said that they had never held a Japan-related event.
“Make/distribute flyers for Japanese program events” and“Make/distribute brochures about Japanese/Japanese languageprograms” had fairly similar results, making Japan-related eventsand the distribution of flyers and brochures the most popular
advocacy activities among Japanese language teachers.
Less popular advocacy activities include contributing to a school
newspaper (done regularly by 13% of teachers, while 33% havenever tried it), sending out press releases to local media (9% do it
regularly, 47% have never tried it), and maintaining a social media site (24% do it regularly, and 54% havenever tried it).
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When it comes to holding presentations at Open House events for parents, about one third do it regularly,
one third have never tried it, and the remaining third is made up of teachers who have only tried it once orseveral times, or who answered “not applicable.” As for visiting feeder schools (schools one educationaltier below your own, whose students presumably will go to your school in the future), half of the
respondents state that they have never tried it and 10% do it regularly. However, it is important to note thatquite a few respondents mentioned that due to school rules, they are not allowed to visit feeder schools
in their district.
In response to an open-ended question asking which advocacy activity teachers found the most effective,most respondents mentioned events, Open Houses, and feeder school visits.
These survey results are already helping JFLA decide how to direct our future advocacy efforts. Thanks toeveryone who participated!

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