Learning from Remote Japanese Language Instruction: Building on the Past to Equip Ourselves for the Future
Saturday, May 15th, 2021 | 10:00 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Virtually on Zoom – Register Below
A workshop for teachers of Japanese language. English: Below Japanese Description
遠隔授業の経験を今後の日本語教育にどう活かすべきか
コンワークショップの趣旨：
２０２０年３月以降パンデミックによる遠隔での日本語教育が全米で始まり、１年が経ちます。この一年で、多くの日本語教師が今までに経験したことのない方法で授業を進め、それに伴い、多くのものを失う中で、新しい知識、技術を身につけ、磨きをかけてきました。全米でパンデミックの収束が加速し、２０２１−２年度の授業の多くが従来の対面授業に戻ろうとしています。そのような過渡期を迎え、この１年間全国の日本語教師がしてきた工夫、創意について情報を交換し、今後対面授業の中でどう反映していけるかを考える機会を持ちたいと考えております。今回のワークショップでは、
ケンタッキー大学 丹野幸治先生
カリフォルニア大学ロサンゼルス校 林あさ子先生
を講師にお迎えし、Zoomにおいてワークショップを以下の日程で行います。
日時：２０２１年５月１５日（土）午前１０時〜１２時（太平洋岸夏時間）
ワークショップ後、午後１時まで個別のトピック別小グループでのブレークアウトセッションも予定しております。
登録フォーム：https://forms.gle/M4i3H3QKcgbRshLw8
参加者には５月１０日までに、ZoomのミーティングIDをお送りいたします。
主催者：太田 薫（ワシントン大学アジア言語文学科准教授）
協賛：ワシントン大学日本研究プログラム、ワシントン大学アジア言語文学科
Purpose of the Workshop
To reflect on the tremendous amount of innovation and learning that we have experienced while teaching Japanese remotely during the pandemic, using various digital tools, with a focus on considering how the skills and knowledge that we have developed can be applied to our Japanese language teaching beyond the pandemic, when we can return to our classrooms.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Asako Hayashi Takakura Lecturer of Japanese, UCLA
Dr. Koji Tanno Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Program Coordinator, University of Kentucky
Organizer: Kaoru Ohta Associate Teaching Professor, University of Washington
Keynote addresses will be followed by topically-focused discussion groups where participants can connect, plan for the future, and socialize. We will welcome proposals for discussion group topics.
This workshop will be conducted via Zoom. Please update your Zoom software to the most recent version, by going to your Zoom settings. To do this, click on your Zoom profile and select “Check for Updates” from the pull-down menu. The Zoom invitation, with meeting link, will be sent to registrants by May 10th.
AGENDA SCHEDULE
10:00 – 10:15 AM Greetings, Introduction of Workshop leaders and Explanation of the each workshop
10:15 – 11:05 AM Concurrent Sessions (1)
11:05 – 11:10 AM Break
11:10 – NOON. Concurrent Session (2)
NOON – 1:00 PM Social Hour
‘Pivoting to the New Normal language education for Generation Z and Alpha’ with Asako Hayashi Takakura
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted our learning environment. Among various alternative learning modes other than face to face instruction, remote teaching/learning has become our new normal. In this presentation, I will share some project based learning (PBI) activities and assessment used in K-12 and college language classes in the remote learning environment.
Asako Hayashi Takakura is a lecturer of Japanese at University of California Los Angeles. Her research focuses on language development of Japanese-English bilingual children, curriculum development for Japanese heritage language speakers, and computer assisted language learning (CALL). Dr. Hayashi-Takakura earned her MA in Japanese pedagogy from Columbia University and a Doctor of Education (Ed.D) degree from Boston University. Her recent presentations include Association of American Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) invited webinar in April 2020, and Journey from learners to “authors “ through Original Creative Writing at AATJ annual conference, March 2021.
‘Discovering new ways of teaching — Facilitating learner autonomy with’ Koji Tanno
In this talk Tanno discusses how to apply teaching techniques newly identified in remote instruction to face-to-face instruction. In particular, the issue of facilitating learner autonomy will be explained with examples taken from online first- and second-year Japanese courses.
Koji Tanno is an Assistant Professor of Japanese at the University of Kentucky. He received his PhD from the University of Washington. Previously, he taught Japanese at Lewis and Clark College, Eastern Michigan University, Arizona State University, and Middlebury Summer Language School. His research interests are computer-assisted language learning, corpus linguistics, second language acquisition, pragmatics, discourse markers, and grammaticalization. He also develops online applications for learning Japanese using JavaScript.
For more information or if you have discussion group topics, please contact the organizer: Kaoru Ohta, Associate Teaching Professor, University of Washington kaoru@uw.edu
Sponsored by UW Japan Studies Program with support by the Department of Asian Languages & Literature.