I appreciate your patience. I am Shin Takahashi from Victoria University of Wellington. I am pleased to share the guidelines for this year’s JSANZ Speech Contest. There are no significant changes in text from last year. But there is one thing I would like to draw your attention to, which is the schedule. The application period has opened today and will end on 1 August. Also, thanks to Mr Shimizu of Nisuikai, the winner of this year’s speech contest will be given round-trip tickets to Japan. So, thank you very much for this incredibly generous offer. Last but not least, I would like to thank Michiyo-sensei for her patience and kind guidance and Nishikawa Yoshie-sensei, who practically has done most of the groundwork.
Japanese Language Education Seminar with UNSW
The situation and challenges of children in South Korea who are connected to Japan
韓国における日本と繋がる子どもたちの状況と課題
The seminar will be conducted in Japanese.
※本セミナーは日本語で行われます。
For our fifteenth Japanese education seminar with UNSW, exploring the theme of raising Japanese-speaking children in Australia, we have invited for Keiko Sakurai (Inha University), president of Korea Association of Heritage Japanese Language as well as three of her fellow committee members.
ニューサウスウェールズ大学と共催のもと「オーストラリアで日本語を使う子どもを育てる」というテーマでセミナーを行っています。第15回の今回は、韓国継承日本語教育研究会より代表の櫻井恵子先生（元仁荷大学教授）および3名のメンバーをお迎えします。
【Message from Korea Association of Heritage Japanese Language】
South Korea is now transforming into a multicultural society. In the seminar, we will discuss the situation of children with connections to Japan (Keishogo children), practices and initiatives for Japanese education at home and outside home, as well as issues and challenges associated with Japanese education, based on our research.
We have heard that there is a need to develop teaching materials, classroom activity plans and teaching methods suited to local conditions. Hence, our research group joined with self-help groups active in South Korea and formed a project team, compiling a collection of ideas for classroom resources. We would like to introduce them to you and invite you to compare them.
The relationship between Japan and South Korea has not been easy to resolve, and educating children about the history between the two nations is inevitable. It is a factor in forming the identities of these children, who will be a bridge between the two countries. Here, we would like to introduce the teaching method that our research group conducted in both Japan and South Korea on the theme of the Joseon missions to Japan. Australia and South Korea have some differences, but there must be many common issues too. In the seminar, we would like to consider such issues in relation to Keishogo education in these two countries and beyond.
【韓国継承日本語教育研究会からのメッセージ】
韓国は今、多文化社会への転換を目指そうとしています。その中で日本とつながりのある子どもたちの状況、家庭や家庭外の継承語教育の実践や取り組み、問題点や課題について調査をもとにお話ししたいと思います。また、現地の事情に合った教材、教室活動案、指導法の開発が必要だという声が聞かれ、研究会と韓国国内で活動している自助グループがプロジェクトチームを作り、教室活動アイディア集をまとめました。それを御紹介し、比較検討していただければと思います。日韓関係はなかなか解決しない問題を抱えていますが、日韓の架け橋となる子どもたちのアイデンティティの形成の上でも歴史教育は避けて通れません。研究会が日韓両国で行った「朝鮮通信使」をテーマにした授業実践を紹介したいと思います。オーストラリアと韓国は違う点もありますが、共通する課題も多いと思います。それらについて国を超えて継承語（繋生語）教育について共に考えてみたいと思います。
Writers’ Round Table on Japan
Academy of New Zealand Literature
Tēnā koe,
The Academy of New Zealand Literature has published a round table of writers talking about living in and writing about Japan.
Three of the writers are New Zealanders and one, Yuten Sawanishi, is a Japanese novelist and teacher of Japanese literature who is visiting Auckland this month. He is on the board of the Kyoto Writers Residency, in which New Zealand writer Paula Morris participated last year.
The feature contains a link to our free bilingual e-sampler called Taste of Clouds: New Zealand Writers Encounter Japan, including novel excerpts, stories, personal essays and poetry.
We would love for you to share the link to the feature and the sampler with your networks.
Ngā mihi nui,
Florence Crick-Friesen (on behalf of Paula Morris)
Ambassador’s Prize Ceremony for Massey & Victoria University Students
Ambassador’s Prize Ceremony for Massey & Victoria University Students
On 15th March 2023, the Embassy held the Ambassador’s prize ceremony for Japanese
language students from Massey University and Victoria University. Each of the recipients was
selected as the most outstanding Japanese language student for each year from 2020 to 2022 in
their courses at their respective universities. Recipients of the Ambassador’s prize are:
Ms Hannah Rose Lee: 2020 Recipient – Massey University
Ms Carol Geraldine Torres Tamayo: 2022 Recipient – Massey University
Ms Jordan Schulde: 2020 Recipient – Victoria University of Wellington
Mr Joshua Jeffery: 2022 Recipient – Victoria University of Wellington
*Mr Joel Coutts (2021 Recipient – Massey University) and Ms Alexandra Atkins (2022 Recipient –
Victoria University of Wellington) also received the prize in absentia.
The Embassy has held the ceremony for about 15 years for the purpose of acknowledging the
hard work of Japanese language students at both universities. We are glad to be able to hold this
for the first time since COVID started.
We congratulate all the recipients for their success, and hope that they will keep up the good
work in the future.
25th New Zealand Asian Studies Society
Biennial International Conference
Japanese Language Proficiency Test 2023
Applications are now open for the Sunday 2 July Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)! For more information or to download an application please see the following website.
https://www.auckland.nz.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/japanese_language.html
Applications close Friday 31 March!
NZASIA Book Awards
The deadline is 1 July 2023, 5:00pm
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays Award
JSANZ is very proud to announce that Mrs Dallas Nesbitt, former Vice President of Japanese Studies Aotearoa New Zealand (JSANZ) and former Senior Lecturer in the School of Language and Culture, Auckland University of Technology, has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette for her contributions to promoting academic exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan and New Zealand, in the 2022 Autumn Conferment of Decorations announced by the Japanese Government.
SUMMARY OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Mrs Dallas Nesbitt has been dedicated to Japanese language education in New Zealand for around 40 years.
Mrs Nesbitt was involved in establishing the Japanese course at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) in 1984 and since then has played a central role in developing Japanese language education at AUT and has contributed to people to people exchange through educating students to become a bridge between Japan and New Zealand. She has also contributed to the development of Japanese language education through research activities into Japanese language education methodology, focusing on the study of Kanji and learner motivation, in addition to promoting the Japanese language across various networks, and writing a Japanese textbook
In addition, Mrs Nesbitt is active in furthering Japanese language education and Japan research in New Zealand. She was involved in the establishment of New Zealand’s first national network organization of tertiary level Japanese language educators and researchers, Japanese Studies Aotearoa New Zealand (JSANZ) and is currently engaged in promotional activities for Japanese culture and the achievements of this organization. https://www.auckland.nz.emb-japan.go.jp/files/100414957.pdf
The full list of Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals is published at (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Webpage)
https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/gaiko/protocol/jokun.html
(Japanese)
https://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/info/conferment/index.html
(English)
JSANZ Tertiary Japanese Language Speech Contest Winners Speech
Click here to view the winning speech (YouTube)