The Tanken Centre is introducing 40 minute online group sessions to assist Year 12 students with their speaking practice this term. Sessions will take place during school hours using Zoom. Students will be divided into 3 breakout rooms and the Tanken Centre staff and class teacher will spend 10 minutes with a set of questions in each room. Staff will rotate through the rooms to ensure students have the opportunity to practise with three different speakers.

After the speaking rotations are complete, the groups will come back together in the main room and students will be given feedback. These sessions are free.
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If you are interested in booking a session for your students, please contact the Tanken Centre via email with your preferred date and time.

New JTAN website
The new JTAN website is up and running. If you try to log in to the new website using your old JTAN login, your account becomes blocked as a security measure. Passwords must be reset using your email – click 'LOGIN' and then reset your password via the "Lost your password?" link. If you require further assistance, please view the video instructions.

Online speaking days
Continuers Day: Saturday 30 May, 2020 (9:00AM-1:30PM)
Beginners Day: Saturday 13 June, 2020 (9:00AM-1:30PM)

Year 12 online speaking day applications are now open via the JTAN website. Teachers may register with their students as usual, however students are now able to register and submit payments online as well.
For students to purchase event tickets independently, their teacher must first register for the event and then email to receive a password for students to use when registering online.
The Year 12 speaking days have always been popular so please register your students as soon as possible to avoid missing out. 

JTAN examination papers
The following 2020 JTAN examination papers are available for purchase from now until the end of June via the JTAN website.
 
Year 11 Beginners Preliminary Yearly - $115.00
Year 12 Beginners Trial HSC - $115.00
Year 11 Continuers  Preliminary Yearly - $115.00
Year 12 Continuers Trial HSC - $115.00
Year 12 Extension Trial HSC - $70.00
 
JTAN examination papers – new embargo dates
Due to several schools delaying assessment periods as a result of COVID-19, there are new embargo dates for JTAN examination papers:
• Trial HSC Examination papers are embargoed until 4 September 2020 (previously 21 August 2020)
• Preliminary Yearly Examination papers are embargoed until 18 September 2020 (previously 11 September 2020)

'Kimi no Na Wa' Extension resource booklet
This 100+ page booklet guiding teachers and students through the prescribed film is now available to all JTAN members via the JTAN website. Thank you to Benjamin Gibbs (Epping Boys High School) and Eva Truong (Cheltenham Girls High School) for creating and sharing this valuable resource with the Japanese teaching community. 

Contacting JTAN
If you would like to contact JTAN with a question or suggestion, please use the new website's Contact Form.
Alternatively, you can send an email – messages will then be forwarded to the relevant committee member.

Mieko and Taka from the Tanken Centre have created videos of HSC speaking sample questions for Year 12 Japanese Beginners and Continuers courses. They have also created lists of sample questions. Please share these resources with your students to assist them with practising their speaking skills.

Continuers – personal world, education
Continuers – daily life, health
Continuers – leisure
Continuers – future plans, miscellaneous
Beginners – family, neighbourhood, education
Beginners – friends, holidays
 
Continuers sample questions
Beginners sample questions

The new Extension resource workshop on 11 May is now NESA Registered PD. Completing this workshop contributes to 4.5 hours of NESA Registered PD addressing 6.2.2 and 7.4.2 of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.

• Please do not forget to apply for Continuers Day (1 June), Beginners Day (15 June) and the Online Year 12 Speaking Day (29 June). Student names are to be submitted at least 2 weeks in advance.


• Any teachers wishing to conduct speaking practice in one of the above speaking events, please contact Megumi Mamone at jtan.workshop@gmail.com – we will be grateful for your contribution and it will be good experience for teachers!

 
JAPAN FOUNDATION SYDNEY – Teaching Materials Grant
This grant is for schools in Australia who wish to supplement their budget to purchase teaching materials for their Japanese language program. There are 2 kinds of programs in this grant. Please check the guidelines below to determine which program you should apply for:
1.      establishing new program
2.      expanding existing program.

The application deadline has been extended to Monday 20 May 2019.
For further details and application procedures, please see 
https://jpf.org.au/language/for-teachers/grants/teaching-materials-grants/

Available dates
Due to cancellations, the following dates are now available:
- 28 May
- 31 May
- 3 June
- 17 June.
 
We are also looking for a Year 9 group to combine with another group on Thursday 15 August.
 
If you are interested in any of the above dates, please contact us.
 
July holiday workshops for Year 12
We are facilitating the following HSC holiday workshops:
- 10 and 11 July – Beginners
- 16 and 17 July – Continuers
- 19 July – Extension.
 
Further details and the application form are attached. Please send the application form at your earliest continence.

For more information contact:
Nihongo Tanken Centre
Email: nihongo.tanken@det.nsw.edu.au
T: 02 9542 5745

Please note that the correct price for the Tanken Centre's April holiday workshop for Stage 6 Japanese Continuers is $110.00 per student. We have corrected the form in yesterday's post.

A Year 11 Japanese Beginners student is seeking a tutor. The student lives in the North Narrabeen area.

For further information please contact the teacher directly by email at stephanie.jung@det.nsw.edu.au

Some places have just opened up for the Year 12 Japanese Beginners​ workshop.
There are still places available for the Year 12 Japanese Extension workshop.

If you are interested in sending your students, please contact the Tanken Centre on 02 9542 5745 as soon as possible and submit the attached registration form.

Dates below: 
Year 12 Beginners: Wednesday 11 July and Thursday 12 July 2018
Year 12 Extension: Friday 20 July 2018

Note: Year 12 Continuers is fully booked.

Please find further details on the registration form attached.

Pascal Press and authors David Jaffray and Masumi Sorrell have made the Wakatta! Answers and Audio Scripts that support the Wakatta! Senior High School Japanese Course available as a PDF. The PDF file is available for DoE teachers in the files section on the Languages NSW - Resources Yammer page. All other titles in the Wakatta! course will continue to be available in print. Non-DoE teachers should email Janelle Byrne if you would like this file. 

Japanese speaking workshops to prepare for the HSC oral exams will be held on the Central Coast on Saturday 10 June, 8 July and 29 July 2017. 

$10 per student each session.

Flyer attached below.

For more details contact Michelle Mitchell on 0408239030 or Michellemitchell91@outlook.com