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Learning Through Listening Towards Advanced Japanese Proficiency |
| Most existing instructional materials for advanced level learners of Japanese emphasize reading comprehension, and more and more instructors are trying to develop theme-based units centered around those reading materials, arranging pre- and post-reading activities that involve oral communication skills. Often instructors face two issues when designing such units. One is, since there is a lack of materials and systematic methods that connect the reading/speaking phases of learning Japanese, the difference between spoken discourse and written discourse is often treated in an ad hoc manner. The second one is that samples of spoken discourse, which are introduced in textbooks, tend to be scripted dialogs that do not fully reflect actual language use. Our "Learning through Listening" materials are intended to aid in addressing those issues. |
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LISTENING MATERIALS: These online instructional materials include digitized video clips of natural spoken discourse along with teaching suggestions and activities that are designed to help students understand the content of the discourse as well as lexical, syntactic, and discourse features. |
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2008 Conference
On May 31 and June 1, 2008, the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Research and Education will co-sponsor the 20th conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese at UW-Madison. A Call for Papers and further information is available at the CONFERENCE WEBSITE
The 20th Annual Conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese May 31 - June 1, 2008 Theme: "Towards Advanced Japanese Proficiency" |
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| This conference is co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature and the Center for East Asian Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research, and the National East Asian Language Resource Center at the Ohio State University. |
POWERPOINT:
Junko Mori
"How to achieve advanced-level proficiency in less commonly taught languages" [View Powerpoint]
Project Director: Junko Mori, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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