Category: Tanken Centre

Tanken Centre update

22/6/2020

We have some good news.The Tanken Centre will re-open for excursions from the beginning of Term 3.

Please note that social distancing applies to visiting adults. Please read the guidelines about social distancing.

If you have already have a booking or are planning to visit us, please consider all necessary protocols, including the following points:
• exercise good hygiene and cleanliness in all areas
• go directly to the centre, minimising contact with Kirrawee High School students
• minimise contact with general public – if possible, avoid public transport.

If you need to change any existing booking or wish to make a new booking, please contact us via email or phone.

Tanken Centre's new Facebook group

12/6/2020

The Tanken Centre has launched a new Facebook group to share centre happenings and Japanese resources sourced or created by the Tanken Centre team – Mieko Shida and Taka Yoshino. Please join for regular updates regarding the centre, resources and ideas.

There is already a great housing activity package there to check out and try with your classes. Please join the Tanken Centre Facebook group at this link.

Year 12 HSC July Online Holiday Workshops on ZOOM – fully booked

11/6/2020

All 3 courses are now fully booked. Thank you very much for your interest. Any requests received will be placed on the waiting list.

As there are number of students on the waiting list, please let us know immediately if any of your students enrolled cannot attend the session.

Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Kind regards,
Tanken Centre
E: nihongo.tanken@det.nsw.edu.au

Tanken Centre HSC workshops update

9/6/2020

The Year 12 HSC July online holiday workshops for Beginners and Continuers are now fully booked. Any further requests received will be placed on the waiting list. There are places still available in the Extension workshop on 15 July. Further details and the application form are available here.

Please kindly note that these workshops are offered to NSW public schools only.

Tanken Centre HSC workshops

5/6/2020

The Tanken Centre is facilitating Year 12 HSC July online holiday workshops on the following dates:
Beginners – Wednesday 8 July
Continuers – Thursday 9 July
Extension – Wednesday 15 July

Further details and the application form are available here. Please send the application form (page 2 only) at your earliest continence to secure a place.

Please kindly note that these workshops are offered to the NSW Government schools only.
Students who attended the April online holiday workshops are ineligible to attend these workshops.

Year 12 HSC group speaking on ZOOM – fully booked

21/5/2020

These sessions are now fully booked. Thank you very much for your interest. Any requests received will be placed on the waiting list.

For those teachers who confirmed the session time with us, please kindly note the following:
- each student needs their own device to participate in the session
- the class teacher needs to participate in this session with the hard copy of the attached booklets on the day.

Please send a list of student names to us in advance – if you have any preference for how the breakout rooms are divided, please let us know.

We may need to combine with another school with you.

Please be punctual – we will start each session on time.

Thank you for your cooperation and we look forward to seeing you on Zoom.

Kind regards
Tanken Centre

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Tanken Centre HSC speaking practice

19/5/2020

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.

If you are interested in booking a session for your students, please contact the Tanken Centre via email with your preferred date and time.

HSC speaking resources from the Tanken Centre

5/5/2020

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

Amended – sample oral questions and answers from the Tanken Centre

20/4/2020

Mieko and Taka from the Tanken Centre have created this video to support practice for the HSC oral examinations in Japanese for Year 12 Continuers. It includes a range of sample questions and answers in random order. Please note, this video is not the mock HSC oral exam. Please share it with your students.

Tanken Centre – April holiday workshop and seeking schools to combine

14/2/2020

April holiday workshop for Year 12 Continuers on 15 and 16 April 2020
We are facilitating a Year 12 Continuers holiday workshop on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 April 2020 and places are filling quickly.

Further details and the application form are attached. Please send us the application form (page 4 only) at your earliest convenience.

Combine dates:
We are looking for a small group for the following dates to combine with other schools:

Term 1
7 April for Year 10

Term 2
15 Jun for Years 9/10
22 Jun for Year 11 Continuers
30 Jun for Year 11 Continuers and Beginners combined group

If you are interested, please contact us.

There was a mistake on the previous post about the availability of the combined date on 22 June.This date is for Year 11 Continuers, not for Year 12 Continuers. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Nihongo Tanken Centre
Email: nihongo.tanken@det.nsw.edu.au
T: 02 9542 5745

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