Useful Resources on the Internet for Japanese Language Instruction
日本語教授に役立つインターネット・リソース

14th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Language teachers Association of New England (JLTANE)
Bates College, Lewiston, ME
August 18, 2000

Keiko Schneider
Saboten Web Design
kschnei@sabotenweb.com

要約

この発表において高校大学間の調整に役立つような、そして高校でのクラスにおける使用を考慮したインターネット・リソースを紹介していきたい。 まず、高校大学を初め違ったレベルの教育機関の調整は教師同士のコミュニケーションから始まるといってもよい。シュナイダーが去年11月に設置した「先生オンライン」リストサーブは小学校から始まって、中・高そして大学レベルの日本語教師が世界中から集まって、オンライン関係のことだけでなく、日本語教師が関わる様々な問題を討議している。過去の投稿を検索できる機能もついている。

シュナイダーがウェッブ・サイトの管理をしているオレゴン大学のCenter for Applied Japanese Language Studies (CAJLS) は、1994年から、高校大学間の調整問題を焦点において研究がすすめられている。オレゴンのベンチマークは、スピーキングとライティングの両方が完成し、ウェッブ・サイトから詳細が調査できる。また、オレゴンの高校用に書かれたレッスンプランが、レベル、アクティビティーのタイプなどによって検索でき、小学校用のアクティビティーも増やしていく計画である。

オーストラリアのブリスベングラマーのGreg Dablestein 先生のサイトとジョージア州の遠隔教育プログラム「いらっしゃい」の補助サイトは高校を念頭において作られている。また、バージニア州のワシントン・リー大学の氏家先生のメディア・リソース・センターからは、著作権なしの教材が提供されている。

Summary

I hope to provide useful resources on the Internet for Japanese Language Instruction especially for articulation between secondary and post-secondary levels as well as resources intended for secondary levels.

Articulation between different levels starts with communication between the teachers. senseiOnline listserv hopes to create an online community for Japanese teachers with different levels from various parts of the world. Discussion doesnユt limit to online matters and covers various matters that concern Japanese teachers. Searchable archives of previous messages is available.

Center for Applied Japanese Language Studies (CAJLS) at University of Oregon is a driving force of Oregon articulation since 1994. Oregon Benchmark has completed both oral and written and you can study the details from its Web site. You can also search lesson plans that are intended for Oregon high schools with levels, activity types and so forth. We hope to add lesson plans for elementary level.

Other resources are:
1. Brisbane Grammat School Japanese Master Greg Dablesteinユs site from Australia
2. Irrashhai complementary web site for its distance learning program from Georgia
3. Copyright free Mecia Resrouce Center of Professor Ujie of Washington and Lee University in Virginia

This handouts is available at: http://www.sabotenweb.com/conference/JLTANE2000/

1. senseiOnline listserv

1-1 What is listserv?

Most Japanese teachers use e-mail as a communication tool. Listserv serves a group of people with similar interest. If you become a member, you will be reading series of e-mail messages posted by other members. When you post a message, it will go to a central computer from where your message is distributed automatically to all members.

1-2 Invitation to senseiOnline

The list hopes to serve as an online community of those who are concerened with Japanese language/culture education. It will help networking, sharing ideas and supporting each other. Possible topics would be software and hardware issues, showing and using Web pages as a material, using listserv as a class mana gement tool, using chat sessions, e-mail penpal projects, making Web page as projects and syllabus, creating Web-based materials, on-line assessments, delivering class partially or totally on-line, related announcements, "Somebody, help!" and non computer related issues that concern the members are welcome.

Current members include teachers of Japanese (Elementary, Immersion, Middle/High School, Community College, University/College, Other Education Institutions), English teachers in Japan, CALL specialists, Language Lab Technicians, Engineers, Web Designers, Graduate Students and eager learners of Japanese. Geographic locations are US, Canada, Japan, Australia, UK, Europe, Russia, West Indies, Mexico, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the list is expanding. Those who have non-educational domain will be asked to verify the interest/involvement in Japanese education, but it is soley for the purpose of eliminating the chance of spam activity. People without educational institution shouldn't be discouraged in joining the list.

1-3 Online Forum: Benkyoukai

Also we have a monthly online forum called Benkyoukai. We invite list members to contribute a short paper and have an online, moderated chat session through World Without Borders. (http://www.worldwithoutborders.com) Previous topics have been:

-"Cultural Liberation: East-West Biculturalism for a New Century" by Steve McCarty, Kagawa Junior College, Japan
- "Making CALL Count (Improving CALL and On-line Activities)" by Greg Dablestein, Brisbane Grammar School, Australia
- "Enhancing language learning through electronic reading" by John Fahey of University of Texas at El Paso

Links to previous sessions' chat transcripts are found at
http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/about/senseiOnline.html

Future events are:
August 24 (Thurs) 4pm PDT, 7pm EDT: "Synchronus vs Asynchronus in Education", Cys Bronner, World Without Borders

Septemeber 21 (tentative): " Web-based Online Assessment (TBA)" Carly Born and Joanna Hollis, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Other possible presentations for fall: Teaching Anime by Omoto sensei, Using CUSeeMe, Virtual University, Japanese capable chat

More info can be found at http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/about/senseiOnline.html or contact Keiko Schneider at kschnei@sabotenweb.com

2. Center for Applied Japanese Language Studies (CAJLS)

http://babel.uoregon.edu/CAJLS
CAJLS Image Map

Oral Benchmarks
http://babel.uoregon.edu/CAJLS/bench/b_oral.html
Literacry Benchmarks
http://babel.uoregon.edu/CAJLS/bench/b_rw.html
The Oregon Japanese Oral Performance Assessment (OJOPA)
(level1) http://babel.uoregon.edu/CAJLS/Assessment/oral1.html
The Assessment of Proficiency in Written Japanese(APWJ)
http://babel.uoregon.edu/CAJLS/Assessment/apwj.html
Sample APWJ Test
http://babel.uoregon.edu/CAJLS/Assessment/sample.html
Materials Archive
http://babel.uoregon.edu/CAJLS/Materials/

3. Other Resources

3-1.Master Greg A. Dabelstein from Brisbane Grammar School, Australia

The Read Lantern (akachochin) Japanese Links
http://www.uq.net.au/mltaq/japanese/japanese.htm

3-2. Georgia PBS Distance Learning Program Irasshai

Welcome to Irasshai
http://www.peachstar.org/irasshai/

3-3 Professor Ken Ujie of Washington and Lee University in Virginia

Copyright free Audio visual resource Center
http://www.wlu.edu/~kujie/avrcj.html

3-4 Keiko Schneider's Bookmarks

http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/

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