http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-25/an-japan-unveils-android-newsreader/5547886

Kodomoroid and Otonaroid! May be interesting for Extension. (and others!)

Date& Time: July 13, Sunday, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Venue: North Ryde campus of Macquarie University
Registration deadline: July 6, Sunday

Website: http://goo.gl/TEW56g

The Art Gallery of NSW and the Japan Foundation are running a series of Wednesday night lectures from 6 to 7 pm to support the Noh exhibition.
http://www.jpf.org.au/jpfevents/14-noh-to-now/

Attached is informaiton on a conference August 11 in Sydney "Towards an Asia Literate NSW".

I have produced Trial papers for Extension only and would like to sell them to Extension teachers. Would you mind putting my website address  http://kotetsuko.web.fc2.com/ on Languages NSW? 
Thank you in advance. 
Kind regards,
Yuko Lawson


 

My friend, Noriko Ikaga, is a Japanese teacher in Melbourne. She is running a kusudama origami workshop in the holidays at the Gojyuan Ryokan in Balmain. She has exhibited her work and her original origami designs are amazing.
 http://www.ryokangojyuan.com/index.php/workshops/event-calendar/workshop/222-kusudama-workshop

 Colleen Lustig

Online Japanese Accent Dictionary Workshop at Sydney 
 
Date & Time: July 13, Sunday, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Venue: North Ryde campus of Macquarie University
Registration deadline:
July 6, Sunday
Website:  http://goo.gl/TEW56g

HSC Heritage Languages Interview Sheet now available on Schools Online


The interview sheet for students studying HSC Heritage Language courses in Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian, Japanese and Korean is now available via Schools Online > Memos and Documents > HSC Language Examinations Advice > Heritage Languages Interview Sheet.

The interview sheet is essential for the conduct of the oral examination and must be completed by all students. Students are required to save the sheet as a PDF using their student number as a new file name and submit it to their teacher at least two weeks prior to the date of their oral examination. The interview sheet must include a brief summary of the Personal Investigation and a list of the main texts used for research. The examiner will use the information provided to direct the interview.

Schools must ensure all interview sheets are uploaded onto Schools Online on or before the following dates:

Heritage Chinese (Mandarin) 18 July
Heritage Korean 18 July
Heritage Indonesian 25 July
Heritage Japanese 22 August

The sheets are to be uploaded via Schools Online > Data Collection > Upload Heritage Interview Sheet. Instructions on how to perform this function are available via Memos and Documents.

More information on the Personal Investigation is located in the relevant syllabus document, available from the BOSTES website.

For more information, contact:
Howard Jacobs
Inspector, Languages
howard.jacobs@bostes.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8152

Here's a good one to show your colleagues and students!
http://blogs.transparent.com/language-news/2014/06/04/why-on-earth-would-you-learn-that-language/