This year’s CLTA (California Language Teachers Association) Summer Strand will be held virtually this year. As it will be virtually held, the cost is also lowered. Please take a look at the website for more detailed information regarding scheduling and registration: https://worldlanguagesummerseminar.org/strand-e/

AATJ’s next webinar will feature a talk by Professor Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, AATJ’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. His topic is “ニューノーマル、ネクストノーマル時代の日本語教育 ー日本語を教えない日本語教育 / Japanese Language Education in the Next Normal – We Won’t Teach Japanese”. 新型コロナウィルスの世界的な感染拡大により、私たちの社会はまたたくまに大きく変化しました。感染症の収束の先行きが見えない中、この変化は定着し、ニューノーマル社会となりました。教育界では対面授業からオンライン授業に変わり、ディジタルトランスフォーメーションが急激に進みました。歴史の中でこれまで何度もパンデミックが起こってきましたが、そのたびに、それまでのノーマルを断ち切り、新しいノーマルに対応するため、社会が大きく変わってきました。今回も社会が大きく変わりましたが、それに対応し、教育も変わる必要があります。この講演では、ニューノーマル社会、それに続くネクストノーマル社会への変化にあたり、日本語教育はどのように変わるべきかを考えてみます Date and time: Saturday, April 17, 3:00 PM Pacific / 5:00 PM Central / 6:00 PM Eastern time. Register … More NEXT AATJ / JFLA WEBINAR ON JAPANESE LANGUAGE EDUCATION, April 17, 2021

Message and invitation from OATJ: OATJ is having its Spring Workshop! It will be free and online again.We hope you will join us! 2021 Spring Workshop Saturday, April 10, 2021 11:00 am – 3:00 pm EST (Eastern Standard Time) (10:00 am – 2:00 pm (CDT); 9:00 am – 1:00 pm (MDT); 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (PDT)) … More Ohio Association of Teachers of Japanese Spring Workshop

CLTA’s annual conference (this year held digitally) will be held this weekend! Here’s a list of workshop offerings. The session descriptions can be found here. In addition, there will be inspirational keynote addresses by the teachers of the year. Registration and other info can be found here.  Azama sensei and three other teachers will be facilitating a workshop on Equitable Grading … More 2021 CLTA Virtual Conference (2/27 – 2/28)

CAJLT is excited to announce that we will be hosting a one-day workshop on Core Practices in Action, led by co-presenters Yo Azama-sensei (North Salinas High School, 2012 ACTFL Teacher of the Year) and Tomokazu Morikawa-sensei (George Washington High School, 2016 CLTA Outstanding Teacher of the Year)! This workshop will provide a concrete glimpse of … More 2018 CAJLT Core Practices in Action Workshop + Live Streaming!