Late happy new year! This is the first day of the Spring semester 2012 and the first day of having siginificant amount of snow in Chicago area in this season!
I am glad to say that all the planned Spring semester classes are running including the Japan field trip class!
Japanese 1101 has over 40 students in 2 sections, and Japanese 1102 has over 30 students in two classes! Japanese 2202 (fourth semester class) has been shrunk a bit but about dozen students continues to learn. Spring Japan Trip class has over 10 students and we will certainly go to Kyoto for flower viewing in early April!
Regular JCC/GTS dinner will resume tomorrow though the second Friday of the month!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Fall semester is now over!
Time really flies. The fall semester is now over. While everyone beyond 1102 somehow survived, 11 students in 1101 out of my 46 failed! There have been plenty of opportunities to withdraw from the class until the ened of the semester, they did not bother withdrawing from the class. Maybe they believe in miracle to pass the course! I hope those who passed the course would continue to study Japanese in Spring.
Spring Break field trip has begun filling up! It seems that the trip would go!
GTS wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Spring Break field trip has begun filling up! It seems that the trip would go!
GTS wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Already December!
The December GTS/JCC dinner went well last week and we are just about to finish the fall semester! Hopefully everyone remaining in Japanese classes survive and continue to study Japanese next semster in 2012!
Spring trip has so far 3 registrants and 4 are coming in soon. Summer Japan program application process has been started and we hope to form the wonderful summer group as usual!
Getting ready for the Christmas break? I hope so!
Spring trip has so far 3 registrants and 4 are coming in soon. Summer Japan program application process has been started and we hope to form the wonderful summer group as usual!
Getting ready for the Christmas break? I hope so!
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Japan Trip registration is open!
There will be two Japan trips ahead. One of them is coming in the first week of April during the COD Spring recess to learn Japanese aesthetics and histrical significance of Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) viewing in Kyoto.
Anyone can join the trip with in-distict tution of $450 (Humanities 1800, 3 semester hours) and the trip fee of $2,699. All are welcome. So far there are 7 convinced participants and still plenty of spots!
Another one is annual summer study abroad in Japan in which there is Japanese language study in the morning and cultural excursions in the afternoon every weekday) for 5 weeks. Application is now accepted. Everyone in the US can join with in-district tution of $1,000 (Japanese 1800/2800 and History 1840, 7 semester hours) and the trip fee of $4,299. It is so far the cheapest Japan Study Abroad program in the US!)!
JOIN US!
Anyone can join the trip with in-distict tution of $450 (Humanities 1800, 3 semester hours) and the trip fee of $2,699. All are welcome. So far there are 7 convinced participants and still plenty of spots!
Another one is annual summer study abroad in Japan in which there is Japanese language study in the morning and cultural excursions in the afternoon every weekday) for 5 weeks. Application is now accepted. Everyone in the US can join with in-district tution of $1,000 (Japanese 1800/2800 and History 1840, 7 semester hours) and the trip fee of $4,299. It is so far the cheapest Japan Study Abroad program in the US!)!
JOIN US!
Denver, Colorado!
GTS is in Denver, Colorado for attending the annual conference of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), the largest professional orgamization in the U.S. in the field.
National Council of Japanese Language Teachers (NCJLT) is its affiliate and GTS is one the leaderships of the National Level. NCJLT will merge into another organization and it will be re-born as American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ, 全米日本語教育学会) in January 1, 2012.
GTS is honored to be nominated as one of the three candidates of this new organization and the election will be conducted shortly. Though the chance of winning the election is slim, it is the great thing that teachers in our field recognized GTS!
National Council of Japanese Language Teachers (NCJLT) is its affiliate and GTS is one the leaderships of the National Level. NCJLT will merge into another organization and it will be re-born as American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ, 全米日本語教育学会) in January 1, 2012.
GTS is honored to be nominated as one of the three candidates of this new organization and the election will be conducted shortly. Though the chance of winning the election is slim, it is the great thing that teachers in our field recognized GTS!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
GTS/JCC Dinner went well!
There are some new comers as well as a former student from 10 years ago, who was in Kyoto on the Day of 9/11/2001 in GTS field trip group! We almost could not make it in time for returning to the U.S. but we were the first group of returning from Japan!
I am working on the voice acting for Mr. Butch Harmon, the coach of Tiger Woods! Well, nobody will notice my voice but hope many Japanese golfers learn how-to from the DVD!
The end of the year 2011 is really nearing!
I am working on the voice acting for Mr. Butch Harmon, the coach of Tiger Woods! Well, nobody will notice my voice but hope many Japanese golfers learn how-to from the DVD!
The end of the year 2011 is really nearing!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Tea Ceremony Demo Blasted!
Over 40 students and teachers and community people enjoyed the almost-authentic Japanese Tea Ceremony (Cha no Yu) yesterday with the tea practitioner, Ms. Akiko Sato. She brought almost all the materials and decorative scrolls, etc to the college to show 'traditional tea serving.'
Those who participated the actually ceremony, Otemae, were my students in their 5th semester of Japanese and went to to Kyoto this past summer as a study abroad student.
Everyone in the audience had a chance to taste the traditional Japanese tea and enjoyed a little moment of Japan!!
Those who participated the actually ceremony, Otemae, were my students in their 5th semester of Japanese and went to to Kyoto this past summer as a study abroad student.
Everyone in the audience had a chance to taste the traditional Japanese tea and enjoyed a little moment of Japan!!
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