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JAPANESE LANGAUGE EDUCATION UPDATE 10

SEPTEMBER, 2014: BREEZE ISSUE #83
A FREE MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER FOR FRIENDS OF JAPAN & TEACHERS OF JAPANESE

JAPANESE LANGUAGE EDUCATION UPDATE #10:
ELGIN HEINZ TEACHER AWARD AND MONTY'SBRIDGE TO TOMORROWby Amanda Rollins, Japanese Language Program Coordinator

Japanese Language Education Update #10: Three pieces of good news for JLE
This month’s JLE Update comes to you in three parts: anaward-winning teacher, an advocacy video project, and afree advanced online Japanese textbook.
This year, the U.S.-Japan Foundation chose to honor
Tomokazu Morikawa with the 2014 Elgin Heinz TeacherAward (Japanese Language Category), given annually to apre-college Japanese language teacher who significantly
contributes to mutual understanding between Japan andAmerica. Morikawa-sensei stands out as a teacher whodevelops projects which get his students out of theclassroom and into the real world. He has set up several
sister-school relationships, summer trips to Japan, and project-based lessons which ask students to makewalking tours for Japanese tourists in San Francisco. He is also a dedicated advocate of professional
development by being active in teachers associations and moderating the online Japanese Language andCulture AP Exam teacher community. Congratulations to Morikawa-sensei!
The American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) has a launched a new
advocacy video project, and they are calling for video and photographs from yourschool’s fun Japan-related events. They are especially interested in short videos ofexcited students explaining why they are studying Japanese. The final product will
spread far and wide, so let’s make sure they have the best possible materials! Pleasesubmit photos and clips by February 1, 2015.
Teachers of advanced Japanese classes will be interested to know that there is free textbook available
online in PDF form at this website. Monty’s Bridge to Tomorrow was written and edited by a team of
dedicated Japanese language educators to commemorate Montgomery Dickson, who sadly perished inPrivacy - Terms

the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on March 11, 2011. The textbook covers difficult topics likenatural disasters and the importance of community using links to Youtube videos and informational
websites, and each chapter also features a teachers’ guide. It was made possible by a grant from theJapan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.

This month’s Advocacy Tip: Do you maintain contact with any of your former students? If any of them havevisited Japan, you might consider inviting them to your classroom or Open House to make a presentationon their experience. PowerPoint presentations with photographs always make an impression, especiallywhen it makes people think, “If she went to Japan, maybe I could too!”Breeze #86

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