These are difficult times and it has been a long process bringing these to you but JSANZ takes the greatest pleasure in finally announcing the JSANZ Japanese Firsts Award winners. There are seven winners over five categories. Not all of the 10 categories received nominations but there were many nominations for the five winning categories. If you missed out this time please try again next year as we would love to see all deserving Japanese stakeholders, teachers, and students recognised. Each winner will receive a print version of their poster to display in their classroom and office. Congratulations. Your awards are very well-deserved.
Five Manawatu secondary schools attended a Bunkasai (cultural festival) on July 7 2021, hosted by the Japanese programme at Massey University, Manawatu Campus. The event was attended by approximately 85 students, teachers, volunteers and Massey and IPU NZ Tertiary Institute staff.
As activities, students took part in a manga drawing contest, trivia quiz, origami contest and a formal Speech Contest (see below). They were also invited to dress in yukata (summer kimono), practise calligraphy, play kendama (a skill game) and take part in a tea ceremony. By good fortune the event coincided exactly with the Tanabata Festival, and students had the opportunity to tie their wishes to branches of sasa bamboo.
Artwork from the students was on display throughout the day
The Bunkasai allowed students to experience aspects of Japanese culture for the first time and enjoy the progress they have made learning Japanese with counterparts from other schools. It is hoped that the time on a university campus and learning more about Japanese at tertiary level from Massey and IPU staff will also encourage students to continue Japanese beyond school.
Speech Contest winners:
Category 1 (Year 11): Jake Cook, Awatapu College
Category 2 (Year 12): Anna Skiffington, St Peter’s College
Category 3 (Year 13): Floor Schalk, Awatapu College
Judges: Mr Toshi Yamauchi and Dr Penny Shino, Massey University.
Are you studying or teaching Japanese at a New Zealand university? Then, here is good news for you: JSANZ Japanese Firsts deadline is now extended for 10 days until 30 June 2021!Thank you to those lecturers and students who have sent in submissions. If you haven’t, you still have time to send us your submissions ヽ(^o^)丿！For more details, please see: https://jsanz.org/1015-2/ (a nomination form can be found here too)
Please make sure you have nominated yourself or others in any of the 10 categories of the competition. The competition deadline is coming up. It is a wonderful way to gain recognition for hard work and excellence in the fields of Japanese teaching and learning. The process is very simple. Just look for the previous post about JSANZ Japanese Firsts and you will find the entry form.
さて、今年もJSANZ Tertiary Japanese Language Speech Contestを開催する運びとなりました。本年も、昨年同様の内容で、同時期に行うのがいいのではないかという声が一番多くありましたので、ガイドラインもほぼ昨年同様となっております。（Wordとpdfを両方添付してあります）
JSANZ is happy to announce that the call for paper and panel proposals is open for the 24th NZASIA Biennial International Conference 2021, on the theme ‘Asia: Change, disruptions and resilience’ (f2f, November 24-27 at Massey University, Manawatu). Please visit the website https://www.nzasia.org.nz/conferences.html for more information.
The deadline for submitting abstracts is 30 June.
Attached is a flier about the Asia New Zealand Foundation postgraduate workshop which will precede the conference proper – Please forward it to any students or postgraduate supervisors who may be interested.
Greetings from the Japanese Literature Publishing Project (JLPP)
Hello, my name is Yasuhiko Ogawa, Chief Director of JLPP (Japanese Literature Publishing Project).
The JLPP is a project sponsored by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs to promote awareness and appreciation of contemporary Japanese literature.
https://www.jlpp.go.jp/
In the hopes of fostering a new generation of translators of Japanese literature, we have thus far held JLPP International Translation Competitions five times since 2010, translation workshops, and international symposiums.
We are pleased to announce that the 6th JLPP International Translation Competition (English and Spanish) is now underway.
We select three prize winners in each of the target languages, and we award not only prize money but also hold supportive programs for their first step as literary translators.
Some of the previous winners have become active translators of Japanese literature in the world’s publishing community.
For more information, please visit the following website.
JSANZ would like to recognize Japanese teachers and students who do a great job.
There are ten categories in the competition.
You can nominate yourself or another person.
The same application form will be used for both types of nomination.
You can only make one nomination for each category.
JSANZ Japanese Firsts — Competition Categories
Most Innovative Lecturer
Best Specialist Lecturer Kanji
Best Specialist Lecturer Keigo
Best Specialist Lecturer Grammar
Best Specialist Lecturer Culture
Most Caring Lecturer
Most Memorable Japanese Lesson (Name Lecturer and give a short description)
Best Effort from a First Year Student
Most Engaged Second, or Third Year, Student
Most Interesting Japanese Language Figurehead in New Zealand
JSANZ Japanese Firsts — Competition Dates
The competition begins 20 April
The competition ends 20 June
The winners will be announced 20 July
JSANZ Japanese Firsts — Application Process
Submit your nominations on the form below.
A current phone number and email address are required on the application form so that we can contact you if you are a winner.
Late or incomplete nominations will not be accepted.
A panel of JSANZ members will decide on the winners. If a JSANZ member has been nominated that person will not be eligible to join the decision-making panel.
Nomination forms cannot be changed once submitted.
You will receive an email confirming your nomination after it has been submitted.
JSANZ Japanese Firsts — Prizes
If you win one of the 10 categories in the JSANZ Japanese Firsts competition you will receive a glossy e-poster for your classroom, giving details about you and your award.
Photographs for the poster will be taken by your university or by a JSANZ member.
The winning posters will also be published on the JSANZ website and possibly in other publications relevant to Japanese language teaching.
The competition is open to all students and lecturers of Japanese language and Japanese Studies at New Zealand tertiary institutes.
IMPORTANT NOTES
If you nominate someone or if you make a self-nomination your name will not be made public for any reason. Your nominations will be completely confidential.
You cannot nominate the same person more than once for the same category but you can nominate the same person for more than one category.
