Dear MAATJ members,

In this issue:
ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. National Japanese Exam (Deadline: Feb 19)

2. Workshop Theory and Practice of Foreign Language Instruction:
Classroom Testing by Dr. Yuki Johnson (Workshop: March 12, Registration
by March 2)
3. 2016 Michigan-Shiga High School Exchange program (Deadline: March 11)
4. University of Colorado 2016 Summer Institutes (Deadline: March 18)
5. AATJ s 2016 ANNUAL SPRING CONFERENCE (Conference: March 31,
Registration Deadline: March 18)
6. The 2016 National Japan Bowl will be held Thursday-Friday, April 14 and
15.
7. Sakura Matsuri Street Festival will be held on April 16. JASW is
looking for volunteers
8. Grant Programs offered by the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles (JFLA)
(Deadlines vary)
9. Japanese Teaching Resources (JFLA)
10. URL
http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/project/japanese/teach/tsushin/index.html

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1. National Japanese Exam

The registration for the National Japanese Exam is open till 2/19. Information on the
exam and on registering is available at http://www.aatj.org/nje. The cost of the exam is $9
for the AATJ members (Nonmember fee is $17).
2. Workshop: Theory and Practice of Foreign Language Instruction:
Classroom Testing
Johns Hopkins DC

: 3 12 9:30AM: 10:00AM3:30PM
: Yuki Johnson, Ph.D. (Linguistics), Professor/Director, Center for Language
Education
Johns Hopkins University
: Theory and Practice of Foreign Language Instruction: Classroom
Testing
: Johns Hopkins

: 3100 Wymanpark
: ( Johns Hopkins )
: Certificate of Attendance (equivalence of 0.5 credit)

: 703-400-2836<tel:703-400-2836>C
443-682-1414<tel:443-682-1414> (C)

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3. the 2016 Michigan-Shiga High School Exchange program

For summer 2016, http://mishigan.blogspot.com/2016/01/annual-high-schoolexchange-michigan.htmlPlease share the link, or the announcement text, below.
The Japan Center for Michigan Universities (JCMU) is pleased to announce that
applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Michigan-Shiga High School
Exchange program.
The Michigan-Shiga High School Exchange Program began in 1990 to promote
international relationships between American and Japanese high school students.
For two weeks during the summer, 15 American students have the opportunity to
travel to Japan and live with a host family in Shiga prefecture. There, the
participants meet with a Japanese student partner, experience Japanese high school
classes, and participate in unique cultural events within the surrounding community
and their host family. The program also coincides with a Japanese high school
student cultural festival called a bunkasai, in which the Japanese students organize
activities involving sports, dances, games, and music. In September, the Japanese
student partners travel to visit their American counterparts home, attending high
school and living with their family in Michigan for two weeks.
Students interested in this program can receive more information and download and
application packet on the JCMU website, or visit the program Facebook page to see
alumni testimonials. The application deadline for the program is Friday, March 11,
2016. For inquiries or further information, please contact the JCMU office in East
Lansing at (517) 355-4654or by email at HS@jcmu.org.
4. University of Colorado 2016 Summer Institutes
NCTA at the Program for Teaching East Asia, University of Colorado Invites
Applications to 2016 Summer Institutes
These summer programs, sponsored by the National Consortium for Teaching
about Asia (NCTA) and the Program for Teaching East Asia at the University of
Colorado are open to secondary teachers nationwide. Teachers selected for
the programs will receive a travel stipend, room and board, and resource
materials. Participants in Japans Olympic Challenges qualify for a Summer
2017 study program in Japan. Full details and application information are
provided in the linked flyers. Application deadline for both institutes is March
18, 2016.
Go to for detailed flyer and application, available
now athttp://www.colorado.edu/cas/tea/ncta/downloads/Japan_SI2016_applica
tion.pdf. For questions, contact lynn.parisi@colorado.edu.
5.

AATJ s 2016 ANNUAL SPRING CONFERENCE, held in conjunction with the annual
meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), will be held Thursday, MARCH 31, in
Seattle. The full-day event will feature 75 panel and individual paper presentations on
language teaching, literature, linguistics, and second language acquisition, as well as a

keynote speech and reception and displays of books and materials. The complete
conference program is posted online, and advance registration is open until MARCH 18;
see http://www.aatj.org/conferences-spring for details.

6. The 2016 National Japan Bowl will be held Thursday-Friday, April 14

and 15, 2016.
The National Japan Bowl is a Japanese language and culture competition for high
school students. Every year, 200 students come from all over the US to test their
knowledge and meet with friends from other states and even Japan. In 2014 and
2015, the winning students (43 students in the first year and 21 in the second year)
were invited to Japan under Kakehashi Project by Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The 2016 National Japan Bowl Study Guide, Administrative Guide and Application
Forms can be found and downloaded at [http://!
www.japanbowl.org/]www.japanbowl.org .
Fee: $60 application fee per team, $60 registration fee per student, $60 fee for each
chaperone/teacher (This fee includes three meals and Japan Bowl official T-shirt).
If you are interested in bringing your students, please
contact JASW at japanbowl@jaswdc.org.
7.

Sakura Matsuri Street Festival will be held on April 16. JASW is looking for
volunteers
Be a part of the largest Japanese street festival in the US. JASW is currently taking
applications for "day-of" volunteers for Sakura Matsuri. If you would like to be apart
the fun,
please register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jzqi6CfdLpZxapw_lJSAmcttH2hxslg1Gpy6EaNv4Y/viewform

If you have questions, please e-mail at volunteers@sakuramatsuri.org.

8. Grant Programs offered by the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles (JFLA)

The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles (JFLA) is pleased to announce that the following
grant programs are NOW AVAILABLE on our website<http://www.jflalc.org/grantsjle.html>! For questions, please contact us at
language@jflalc.org<mailto:language@jflalc.org>.
<Support for Japanese Language Programs>
1. Salary Assistance Grant for Japanese-Language Courses
Deadline: April 10, 2016
http://www.jflalc.org/grantsjle-courses.html
2. Japanese Teaching Material Purchase Grant
Deadlines: March 15th and September 15th, 2016
http://www.jflalc.org/grants-jle-materials.html
<Support for National/Statewide/Regional-level Projects>
3. Japanese Language Learners Event Grant
(Example: statewide speech contests, quiz contests, etc.)

Deadlines: March 1st and September 1st, 2016

http://www.jflalc.org/grants-jle-contest.html
4. Japanese-Language Education Project Grant
(Examples: conferences, seminars, workshops, advocacy projects, research
projects, etc.)
http://www.jflalc.org/grants-jle-language.html
Deadline: 2 months before the project start date
9. Japanese Teaching Resources (JFLA)
JFLA supports teachers who are teaching the Japanese language in classrooms
across the US. To do that, we connect teachers to each other and spread the word
about useful information and resources via JFLA's Teacher
Page http://www.jflalc.org/teachers.html and
JFLA's Library http://www.jflalc.org/library.html