SenseiOnline presents 46th Benkyoukai (Study Forum)
Mike Jaffe "Japan Foundation's Advocacy Kit: Tools for promoting your program"

July 21st (Wednesday), 2004 at 3pm PDT
July 21st (Wednesday) noon Hawaii, 5pm CDT, 6pm EDT, 10pm GMT, 11pm London, July 22nd (Thursday) 7am Japan, 8am Sydney, 10am New Zealand, if this calculation is correct. To be sure, please go to Timezone Converter

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Featured speaker

Mike Jaffe

After two years teaching in Japan, Mike Jaffe returned to Los Angeles, and is the current Academic Assistant with The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, helping to promote Japanese language education in the US. In association with other teachers around the US who are advocates of Japanese language education, he assembled, partially wrote and edited an advocacy kit. He also produced the 17 minute video that accompanies the kit. The Japan Foundation Advocacy Kit was created for the purpose of assisting the proliferation of Japanese language programs, particularly at the K-12 level.

Short description of the presentation

The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles recently distributed a new Advocacy kit For K-12 Japanese Language programs. This kit can be a vital tool for starting, strengthening and/or preserving a Japanese language program. Since its release, new ways have emerged to use the kit. This is your chance to communicate with the editor of the kit, ask any questions you may have, and discuss different possible usages. Although the focus of this kit is to promote Japanese programs, other disciplines especially foreign/ESL language programs may be able to get some ideas.
Advocacy Kit page: http://www.jflalc.org/newsletter/advocacy%20kit.htm

What is going to happen?

Mike sensei's paper is at http://www.jflalc.org/newsletter/AK/AKBKPaper.htm

So read the paper above and go to TAPPED IN. There, you will be able to discuss this topic with Mike sensei and others from around the world. TAPPED IN is open to everybody and the presentation will be done in English.

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