The Japan Foundation is offering an intensive seminar for teachers in Sydney, from 11-14 January 2021. The seminar enables teachers to develop language teaching strategies and skills which they can apply in their own classrooms. Specific focuses include Australian Curriculum and ICT-based learning. Participants will be immersed in a Japanese language environment suited to their level and will have ample opportunity for networking.

​The cost of the seminar is free. The Languages and Culture team is offering partial scholarships of $300 for travel and/or accommodation expenses for teachers who live outside the Sydney metropolitan area. Applicants must be a temporary or permanent teacher in a NSW public central or secondary school with a teaching load of at least 50% Japanese.

To apply for the partial scholarship, please complete the expression of interest form, and email it to Evia Kyriacou by 5pm on 11 November 2020, with the subject line “Japanese scholarship”. Successful applicants will be notified in Week 6.

Participants will need to apply directly to the Japan Foundation to attend the seminar https://jpf.org.au/language/for-teachers/professional-development/intensive-seminar/.

For further enquiries about the seminar and enrolment information, please contact the Japanese Language Department of the Japan Foundation on 02 8239 0055.

Year 12 winter holiday workshops
The JTAN winter holiday workshops for HSC students will go ahead via Zoom for both Japanese Continuers and Japanese Beginners.
 
Continuers holiday workshop (2 days)
Monday 6 July, Tuesday 7 July 2020
9:00am-2:30pm via Zoom
Student ticket $115.00
Please complete the application on the JTAN website.
 
Beginners holiday workshop (2 days)
Monday 6 July, Tuesday 7 July 2020
9:00am-2:30pm via Zoom
Student ticket $115.00
Please complete the application on the JTAN website.
 
Students who participate in these workshops will receive 8 hours of advice, as well as individual feedback on two writing tasks. The workshops will be led by experienced teachers in all areas. Listening, reading, writing and speaking sessions will be held. The format of the workshop has changed to accommodate for online delivery.

Applications are now open and will close on June 30. Places are strictly limited to 40 students per course, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
 
Extension speaking day
JTAN would like to propose an Extension speaking day on the first weekend of Term 3 in lieu of the normal winter holiday workshop. This will be a full day workshop via Zoom for students to work on their monologue preparation and delivery skills. There will be a brief presentation followed by several rounds of preparation and delivery of set monologue questions covering all 3 prescribed issues. This event will require teacher support to run as it will run in a format similar to the Continuers speaking day. Students will likely be allocated to either a morning or afternoon session and complete 4 monologues with feedback (verbal) from assisting teachers. If you and your students are interested in participating in this workshop, please email by 15th June and JTAN will confirm whether the event can go ahead and provide registrations details.

Places will be strictly limited based on teacher participation. Teachers must participate in order for this event to be held for their students. 
 
Continuers online speaking days
All JTAN speaking days have reached full capacity. We still require a number of teachers to assist as examiners for part or all of each day.
 
Continuers day #2
20 June 2020 (9:00am-1:30pm)
If you are able to provide additional support on the day as an examiner, please register via email.
 
Postgraduate Conference on Multilingualism
The Postgraduate Conference on Multilingualism, co-hosted by Multilingualism Research Centre, Department of Linguistics and School of Education, Macquarie University and School of Education, University of New South Wales, will be held on 10 October 2020. The conference will be web-based and there is no cost for participation. Please read the attached flyer for further information.
 
Research streams include:
• Australian indigenous languages
• Geographies of multilingualism
• Language education policy
• Language learning and use in the community
• Language teacher education
• Learning and using English in a multilingual society
• Multilingualism in literature and translation
• Multilingualism in social and professional life
• Multilingualism, technologies and literacies in education
 
Japanese Government 2021 MEXT Scholarship
 
Research and undergraduate applications are now open for the Japanese Government 2021 MEXT Scholarships. Application forms and details (including the application timeline) are available on the Embassy of Japan website.The deadline for applications is Wednesday 8 July 2020. Complete, hard-copy applications must arrive at the Embassy of Japan by 5:00pm on this day. Any enquiries should be addressed to the MEXT Scholarship Advisor at the Embassy of Japan in Canberra via phone or email.

The Japanese Government MEXT Scholarship 2020 Teacher Training Category is now open, and applications close on Wednesday 26 February 2020.
 
Details and application forms are available on the Embassy of Japan in Canberra website https://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/education_mext_scholarship_en.html. Please address any enquiries to the Embassy via cultural-application@cb.mofa.go.jp or (02) 6273 3244.
 
I realise you must be very busy at the end of the school year, but we would greatly appreciate it if you could promote this study opportunity to your fellow teachers through your networks.
 
The Japanese Studies Category for undergraduates is also open and information can be found on the same page above.

The Japanese Government 2020 MEXT Scholarship – Research and Undergraduate applications are now open.
 
Application forms and details (including the application timeline) are available on the Embassy of Japan website: http://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/education_mext_scholarship_en.html
 
The deadline for applications is 5pm Tuesday 11 June 2019. 
 
Any enquiries should be addressed to the MEXT Scholarship Advisor at the Embassy of Japan in Canberra via 02 6273 3244 or cultural-application@cb.mofa.go.jp (please include a phone number).

The Monbukagakusho, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has opened scholarship applications in the Teacher Training category, which entitles eligible teachers to study at Japanese universities.

Further details and application forms for the scholarship are available on the Embassy of Japan's website. Applications close at 5pm on 28 February 2019. For further enquiries, please contact the Embassy on (02) 6273 3244 or email cultural-application@cb.mofa.go.jp.

The Japanese Government 2019 MEXT Scholarship applications are now open for the Undergraduate category and Research category. These scholarships support Australian citizens who wish to further their studies at a Japanese university.

Application forms and details (including the application timeline, age requirements and examination requirements for eligibility) are available on the Embassy of Japan website:
http://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/education_mext_scholarship_en.html

The deadline for applications is Friday 15 June 2018.  

Further inquiries should be addressed to the MEXT Scholarship Advisor at the Embassy of Japan in Canberra on 02 6273 3244 or cultural-application@cb.mofa.go.jp

The Japanese Government 2018 MEXT teacher training scholarship applications are now open.
Information, including eligibility criteria, is available on the Embassy of Japan in Australia's website.
 
The closing date is 27 February 2018. Examination date is 14 March 2018 (TBC).
For further enquiries, see the flyer attached, email cultural@cb.mofa.go.jp or phone (02) 6272 7268. 

The Japanese Government Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship for teacher training is available to primary and secondary teachers who have more than five years of teaching experience.
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Applicants are required to take Japanese and English exams and must demonstrate a sufficient level of Japanese language ability to be able to receive research guidance in Japanese.
 
The deadline for applications is Friday 10 March 2017.
Please see the flyer for details.
Further information is available on the Embassy of Japan in Australia website. 

Applications are now open for the 2015 ELTF program. See the media release on the News page for more information.

Please note that the closing date is SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014. If you are applying for the program you must seek your principal’s statement of support as soon as possible.  As the application closing date falls in the school holiday period, it is imperative that you obtain this statement before holidays begin.  The statement of support is a key consideration in assessing applications, those not accompanied by a statement will not be passed on to selection panels and no extension of the closing date will be given.

A free face-to-face session on the benefits of the Endeavour fellowship and on how best to complete the application forms will be held from 4.00 – 5.00 pm on Thursday  26 June 2014 at the Department of Education and Communities offices at Oxford Street. All teachers are welcome.

Please RSVP to Lyndall Franks at lyndall.franks@det.nsw.edu.au if you would like to attend this session.