MAATJ April Newsletter

In this April MAATJ Newsletter, there are several time sensitive items. Please see the headlines below
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AATJ Membership
MOFA Sponsored Travel to Japan (Deadline: 5/1)
Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum (5/9-10)
Summer Course at University of Virginia
Summer Course at George Washington University
Professional Development Opportunities

News from the member schools

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------AATJ membership
If you have not yet renewed their membership to AATJ, please do so at www.aatj.org
MOFA Sponsored Travel to Japan (Deadline: 5/1)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan will sponsor a group of five Japanese American high school
students to travel to Japan June 26 July 7, 2015 for the opportunity to learn about Japan and to promote
mutual understanding and exchanges between Japanese and Japanese American younger
generations. Those with multiracial backgrounds and children of first generation Japanese immigrants
(shin issei) are highly encouraged to apply. This is the seventh group of students to be invited for the
program. The itinerary in Japan is scheduled to include a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, tours of
Tokyo and the Kansai area, and a homestay experience.
Applicants should submit materials to their local consulate general office, or for residents of the
Washington DC area, the embassy. To find the office in your region, please visit: http://www.us.embjapan.go.jp/jicc/consulate-guide.html
As this is a highly selective program, applicants are encouraged to provide ample detail when completing
the application, highlighting what qualities, experiences, and future goals make them an exceptional
candidate for the program, and for fostering the U.S.-Japan friendship.
For further information, please contact Jennifer Usyak at 213.617.6700 x166 or j.usyak@ls.mofa.go.jp
Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum (5/9-10)
The online registration for the 21st Princeton Japanese Pedagogy Forum, which will take place at
Princeton University on May 9-10, 2015, is open. For more information, go
to http://www.princeton.edu/pjpf/
Paid Internship (Deadline 5/13)
See the attached file.

Summer Course at University of Virginia

See the attached file.
Summer Course at George Washington University
See the attached file.
Professional Development Opportunities

Professional Development at Univ. of Hawaii (Online Institute)

The National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawaiii at Manoa offers a
professional development opportunity focused on project-based language learning (PBLL).
Registration Deadline: May 31, 2015 (March 1, 2015 for Intensive Summer Institute applicants)

CARLA summer institutes 2015

http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/

https://docs.google.com/a/georgetown.edu/forms/d/1HjCJRnGtLZPhvaJRuTW9pkHlwIR1BykXO_7aLKE2Lc/viewform?c=0&w=1

NEWS FROM MEMBER SCHOOLS:

Japan Bowl and Sakura Matsuri (Otani-sensei, Thakur-sensei, Otsuka-sensei, Linam-sensei)
See the attached files.
J-GAP Presentation at AATJ (So-sensei; George Mason University)
2015326()The American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ)
Annual Spring ConferenceJ-GAP11

http://www.aatj.org/resources/conferences/2015/spring/AATJ2015SpringConferenceProgramWithAbstra
cts.pdf (61213)
Yasuo Uotate (University of Florida), Mako Nozu (University of South Florida), Eiko I. Williams
(University of Miami), Soichiro Motohashi (University of South Florida)


10:15 10:4026J-GAP
J-GAP

(10:50 12:30)J-GAP USA team J-GAP 4 :

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1. Sufumi So (George Mason University):
(TLC)
2. Mieko Kawai (University of Virginia):

3. Tomoko Marshall (University of Virginia):

with Mayumi Hino (Virginia
Beach County Schools), Kyoko Vaughan (Hayfield Secondary School), Aiko Kitamura
(College of William & Mary), and Yasuo Uotate (University of Florida)
4. Comments and Discussion by Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku (University of California, San Diego)

J-GAP USAhttp://j-gap.wikispaces.com/
( : Sufumi So)