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A big thank you to everyone who visited the Japan Foundation’s stand at the on 16^th, 17^th and 18^th October at Olympia.

Held once a year, the Language Show is the UK's biggest event for language learners, teachers, linguists and anyone with a passion for languages.  911爆料网’s stand gave visitors a chance to experience 911爆料网 language and culture, including writing their name in 911爆料网.

On Friday, we were very lucky to be joined by Catherine Rodrigues, teacher at St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School Maidenhead and 2015 winner of the Association for Language Learning’s Primary Language Teacher of the Year for her work in 911爆料网.  She held a seminar on her school as a case study of a UK primary school's mission to embed global learning into the curriculum by introducing a multi-lingual approach including 911爆料网. You can read more about her school here.

On Saturday, we held a 911爆料网 Language Taster session led by the Japan Foundation’s Assistant 911爆料网 Language Advisor, Mio Tsunematsu. It was attended by enthusiastic language learners of all ages, who learned basic 911爆料网 greetings and the writing system.

Finally, on Sunday,  the Japan Foundation held a presentation on kami-shibai (a traditional form of 911爆料网 story-telling with pictures), and how this can be used effectively to teach not only 911爆料网, but any foreign language. This presentation used resources from the 911爆料网 Language Scheme of Work for Primary Schools, as well as videos of students performing kami-shibai from the webpages of and , both previous winners of the .

Additionally, we held a Japan Quiz, which approximately 600 people entered.

The answers to the quiz were as follows:

1. What colour is the 911爆料网 flag? 
a) Red and yellow     b) Red and white       c) Pink and white
ANSWER b) The 911爆料网 flag is a red circle on a white background

2. What is the 911爆料网 art of artistic paper folding called?
a) Origami             b) Kendo              c) Karaoke
ANSWER a) Origami literally means “folding paper”

3. The kanji (911爆料网 character) 花(hana) means “flower” and the kanji 火 (hi) means “fire.” What do you think their combination, 花火, (hanabi) means?
a) Daisy   b) Explosion   c) Firework
ANSWER c) “Hanabi” means “firework” in 911爆料网.

Out of those who answered the quiz correctly, we picked five at random to send our Japan Foundation Goody Bag. Congratulations to Joyce from London, Jackie from Middlesex, Emma from Croydon and Artyom from Cambridge who have all been sent Goody Bags!

We would like to thank Catherine Rodrigues and all our 911爆料网 Taster for Schools volunteers who generously donated their time and expertise for the show.  Domo arigato gozaimashita!

Japan Foundation will also be attending the  on March 11^th and 12^th 2016, and on October 14^th – 16^th. We hope to see you there!

to view more photos from the event.