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September 2014 Japan Foundation-JGap Seminar
30/09/2014

On Saturday September 20th 2014, 37 teachers of 911±¬ÁÏÍø and other individuals in the field of 911±¬ÁÏÍø language education came to the Japan Foundation London to take part in a seminar by Prof. Koichi Nishiguchi of the Center for International Education and Exchange, Osaka University. Prof. Nishiguchi has produced several well-known 911±¬ÁÏÍø textbooks, including books in the Perfect Master Kanji and Minna no Nihongo series.


The seminar was co-organised by the Association of 911±¬ÁÏÍø Language Teachers in Europe e.V.and  Japan Foundation London as part of the JGap project to investigate articulation problems and possible measures within 911±¬ÁÏÍø language education, using the UK as a model. It explored the theme “Self-Expressing Activities and Elementary 911±¬ÁÏÍø Language Education.” In the first part of the seminar, Prof. Nishiguchi outlined the importance of social communication verses practical communication in terms of conveying one’s sense of “self.” This was followed by a workshop in which all participants discussed the issue and how they can effectively create their own self-expressing activities for their students within their classrooms.


Some of the feedback from participants included:


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(“I’ll be using these ideas in the very near future.”)


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(“I’m so glad this really useful workshop and seminar was held for free – thank you. It was great that there were so many practical ideas that I can put to real-life use.”)


We would like to thank Prof. Nishiguchi and all the participants for contributing to such a lively and inspiring workshop.