杏吧原创 Hosts Conference on Japanese Education
On August 11th and 12th, 杏吧原创 hosted the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE). The pandemic necessitated an online event but participants logged in from many locations across Canada and the United States as well as Japan. 杏吧原创鈥檚 Japanese instructors were active as both organizers and presenters. Dr. Yoriko Aizu was a chair of the organizing committee.
We were honored to have a welcoming address from SLALS director, Dr. Michael Rodgers.
This year鈥檚 theme was 鈥淛apanese Language Education for the Future: Language and Mobility in a Changing Global Society.鈥 The keynote address on this theme was given by Dr. Ikuo Kawakami from Waseda University. He also led a teacher workshop on 鈥淢obility, Language, and Identify in the Mobile Lives of Children.鈥
A second teacher workshop, entitled 鈥淟esson Design Utilizing Diversity of Learners,鈥 was led by Ms. Keiko Yoshikawa, a Japanese-Language Advisor to Alberta Education. This was sponsored by the Japan Foundation.
Dr. J茅r茅mie S茅ror of the University of Ottawa conducted a third teacher workshop on 鈥淓xploring Plurilingual Approaches to Language Learning Education to Support Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students.鈥
Individual presentations and posters revolved around these themes as Japanese instructors consider the challenges and benefits of having students who grew up and live in multilingual households.
Congratulations to all involved on a successful conference!