Online Teachers’ Workshops

As more and more programs are being conducted online there are increasing opportunities for those involved in Japanese-language education in Canada to gather and share information. There is great variety in the levels and areas being covered within Japanese-language education, however, and this gathering aims to target specific groups and themes to allow for deeper discussion of relevant topics.
第1回テーマ：「子どもたちへの日本語教育について語ろう！」

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As classes continue to be held online at many educational institutions, we will hold a series of workshops where teachers can try out the free online resource “Irodori: Japanese for Life in Japan.” Through analyzing Irodori’s educational materials, teachers will have the opportunity to think about how to use it in their own lessons, how the materials can be arranged, how it can fit the goals of their class, etc.

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The Marugoto Teaching Material Project aims to create a collection of materials to be used as a reference by teachers in order to make it easier for the Marugoto textbooks to be used in Japanese-language education in Canada. Our aim is that this “Reference Collection” will be useful in both synchronous and asynchronous online classes through bringing together useful digital resources, videos, etc. that can be used with the Marugoto textbooks.

This project meeting will be a presentation of materials collected and/or created for use with the Marugoto Intermediate B1 textbook by the Canadian Japanese-language teachers who were members of the 1st Marugoto Teaching Materials Project.

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In order to make it easier to use Marugoto textbooks in Canadian Japanese-language education, we are planning a project to create a collection of materials to be used as a reference by teachers. Our aim is that this “Reference Collection” will be useful in both synchronous and asynchronous online classes through bringing together useful digital resources, videos, etc. that can be used with the Marugoto textbooks.

On August 8 we will have a session to explain the outline of the project before we ask individuals to confirm their participation, so please feel free to join us if you are interested.

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In this workshop, we showcase videos taken during our year-long Japanese language courses. Through this recorded class observation, we hope that participating teachers have the chance to reflect on their own teaching and to share things they would like to implement in class and potential challenges that could arise.

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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Yoshifumi Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on February 27 will feature a talk by Mr. Matthew Russell from Oak Bay School, titled “Telling Stories to Teach Japanese (Japanese TPRS)”

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The second workshop in our series will help you learn to how to create your own website and promote yourself as a teacher.
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The JFT Online EdCamp for Japanese Language Teachers is a study group where the participants play leading roles.

Discussion topics are decided on by participants on the spot. Participants are welcome to suggest topics related to any problems they may have or something they want to hear others’ opinions on, etc. The goal is not to listen success stories, but for participants to work together to solve problems.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on November 20 will feature a talk by Ms. Michie Habuchi from St. Margaret’s School, titled “Learning the Japanese Language and Heart through Tea Ceremony”

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If you are interested in teaching Japanese online, join our workshop which will introduce you to how you can use your own strengths to be an online teacher! No previous experience in teaching Japanese is required.

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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on October 21 will feature a talk by Kayo Arima Hawkins, Co-Founder of Aardvark Learning Academy, titled “Teaching children for the first time”

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The JFT Online EdCamp for Japanese Language Teachers is a study group where the participants play leading roles.

Discussion topics are decided on by participants on the spot. Participants are welcome to suggest topics related to any problems they may have or something they want to hear others’ opinions on, etc. The goal is not to listen success stories, but for participants to work together to solve problems.
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While most of us are often in contact with social media in our daily lives, it is not a stretch to assume there are those who rarely use it in their classrooms.  This workshop will run the 3rd Friday of each month from September 20 to February 21 and introduce Social Media to those who are not yet familiar with it.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on September 18 will feature a talk by Noriko Yabuki-Soh from York University titled “Rethinking “Japanese grammar”: The role of Japanese language instructors in enhancing learner proficiency”

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The JFT Online EdCamp for Japanese Language Teachers is a study group where the participants play leading roles.

Discussion topics are decided on by participants on the spot. Participants are welcome to suggest topics related to any problems they may have or something they want to hear others’ opinions on, etc. The goal is not to listen success stories, but for participants to work together to solve problems.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on June 24 will feature a talk by Mr. Jotaro Arimori on the topic of diversity of gender and sexuality that Japanese teachers should know.

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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on May 29 will feature a talk by Prof. Komuro-Lee on the topic of what do and don’t learners who already know languages with kanji already know.

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The JFT Online EdCamp for Japanese Language Teachers is a study group where the participants play leading roles.

Discussion topics are decided on by participants on the spot. Participants are welcome to suggest topics related to any problems they may have or something they want to hear others’ opinions on, etc. The goal is not to listen success stories, but for participants to work together to solve problems.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on April 23 will feature a talk by Ms. Emiko Tanaka, introducing Yosakoi to Japanese language teachers.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on March 27 will feature a talk by Ms. Sonomi Iwata-Consul from McMaster University about creating and sharing Japanese-Language skits on YouTube in the classroom.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on February 27 will feature a talk by Ms. Izumi Adachi from the University of Saskatchewan about Autonomous Learners in the University Language Classroom.
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The JFT Online EdCamp for Japanese Language Teachers is a study group where the participants play leading roles.

Discussion topics are decided on by participants on the spot. Participants are welcome to suggest topics related to any problems they may have or something they want to hear others’ opinions on, etc. The goal is not to listen success stories, but for participants to work together to solve problems.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on January 26 will feature a talk by Ms. Nami Ohara from Memorial University of Newfoundland about YouTube and Japanese Language Education.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on December 19 will feature a talk by Ms. Yasuko Senoo from McGill University about Online Exchange Between Universities in Japan and Canada.
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The JFT Online EdCamp for Japanese Language Teachers is a study group where the participants play leading roles.

Discussion topics are decided on by participants on the spot. Participants are welcome to suggest topics related to any problems they may have or something they want to hear others’ opinions on, etc. The goal is not to listen success stories, but for participants to work together to solve problems.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on November 28 will feature a talk by Mr. Murakami about how to start SPOC (Small Private Online Courses).
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. This session will feature a Report on the 1st Japan Bowl Ontario and it’s Future Prospects.
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If you are interested in teaching Japanese online, join our workshop which will introduce you to how you can use your own strengths to be an online teacher! No previous experience in teaching Japanese is required.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. This session will feature a talk by Mrs. Misuzu Kazama from the University of British Columbia about creating your own online magazine.
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The JFT Online EdCamp for Japanese Language Teachers is a study group where the participants play leading roles.

Discussion topics are decided on by participants on the spot. Participants are welcome to suggest topics related to any problems they may have or something they want to hear others’ opinions on, etc. The goal is not to listen success stories, but for participants to work together to solve problems.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. This session will feature a talk by Prof. Keiko Aoki from Queen’s University about Japanese as a Heritage Language Education.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on May 2nd will feature a talk by Ms. Mayumi Hoshi from the University of Alberta, who runs the university’s Japanese Drama Society.
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The second workshop in our series will help you learn to how to create your own website and promote yourself as a teacher.
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The ONLINE Lecture for Japanese Language Teachers Series features lectures, workshops, or interviews moderated by Mr. Murakami, Japanese Language Advisor at Alberta Education. The session on April 11th will feature a talk by Prof. Yang from the University of Calgary, about the Canada Japanese Video Contest.
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If you are interested in teaching Japanese online, join our new workshop which will introduce you to how you can use your own strengths to be an online teacher! No previous experience in teaching Japanese is required.
»read more [Japanese Only]