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Haiku Competition for Japanese scholars worldwide.

This is a worldwide competition for Japanese scholars. The competition is to write a haiku poem with a short explanation.

Competition Closes 31 December 2020

http://www.nihonwosiru.jp/?fbclid=IwAR2Q5P7x3zdkWpe3FaqgBoV0EN6-3sv624jl_aAJQ348ZCLw7E9de78dgFw

Below is the information published on the website

「【俳句】コンテスト」

第四回「世界の日本語学習者《日本語作文コンクール》」

「俳句」は「五・七・五の17音」でつづる『世界で最も短い文学』です!

  1. 一・テーマ=【「俳句1句」と、「30字前後の説明文(季節、場所など)」】
     《【俳句】の「題」は自由(自然、社会、文化、日本・日本人、日本語学習など)》
     《一人で3句まで、応募できます》(「季語」のない俳句も、応募できます)。
  2. 二・【応募資格】=日本語を勉強・研究している外国籍の人は、誰でも応募できます。
  3. 三・【締め切り】=2020年(令和2年)12月31日(木)必着
  4. 四・【応募方法】=メール添付のみ yuraumi@yahoo.co.jp(大森和夫)へ
       「国籍、氏名、年齢、性別、学校名か職業、連絡先・メールアドレス」を明記。
       (個人の応募でも、大学・日本語学校・日本語教室などからの応募も可)

参考資料 デジタル日本語教材「『日本』という国」(HP:http://www.nihonwosiru.jp/
     ◇「四章(自然)」の、四季の「季語」と「俳句」
     ◇「八章(文学)」の「三節(俳句、、、)」の「一・松尾芭蕉。俳句の基礎知識」

【賞品】  ・一等賞= 2人→
               賞状+《海外在住者・日本招待8日間。日本在住者・学習奨励金20万円》
      ・二等賞= 5人→賞状+学習奨励金・ 5万円
      ・三等賞= 15人→賞状+学習奨励金・ 3万円
      ・努力賞= 30人→賞状+学習奨励金・ 1万円(賞状は、いずれもPDF送付)

【審査】
「一次審査」=大森和夫・大森弘子が一次審査を行い、「入賞候補・約100句」を選びます。
「二次審査・最終審査」=5人が「入賞候補の句」を採点、最終審査を経て順位を決定します。
  ◇二次審査員  川村 恒明(元・文化庁長官。公財「日本ナショナルトラスト」副会長)
          倉田 任子(「燎」同人)
          小池美樹彦(日本語教師。「甲羅句会」同人)
          小暮かつみ(「ひろそ火」同人)
          津田 耕嗣(「東京都荒川区俳句連盟」元会員)
 《五十音順。敬称略》
【発表】 2021年(令和3年)4月。       《表彰式は、5月以降の予定》
     ホームページ:国際交流研究所 http://www.nihonwosiru.jp/ で。

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      主催=大森和夫・大森弘子(190-0031 東京都立川市砂川町2-71-1-C621)
      後援=国際交流基金。朝日新聞社。
      協力=笈川幸司(中国在住・日本語教師)。段躍中(日本僑報社)。    《敬称略》


	
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JSANZ Speech Contest Winner – Video link included

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s contest.

1st place    Alisha Elliott (IPU) 挑戦から得たもの
2nd place  Jordan Schulde (Victoria University of Wellington) 私の日本の経験
3rd place   Nicki Jackson (Ara Institute) 私が日本語を学ぶ本当の理由 

We would like to share the video of the JSANZ Speech Contest winner, Alisha Elliott from IPU.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmT6U-nVHiKFPNkPFsy_uSg
Hopefully this will encourage your students to continue studying Japanese.

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National Survey Published

The project that a JSANZ team started in 2016 “Why I Am Studying Japanese: A National Survey Revealing the Voices of New Zealand Tertiary Students” has just been published in the journal ‘Japanese Studies’ (an Australia-based journal).

Thank you all very much for helping us to encourage students to go online for the survey, and to join the focus group sessions.

The following is the eprint link. Please feel free to pass on the link to anyone who may be interested in the findings of this project. 

https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BJMFFZT24KCNRIERYR4X/full?target=10.1080/10371397.2019.1678365

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Lecturer Japanese Studies

Lecturer – Japanese Studies

The School of Language and Culture offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in various fields of applied linguistics. Applications are invited for a permanent, full-time lecturing position in our undergraduate and postgraduate Japanese language and applied linguistics programmes.

Applicants should have a relevant PhD qualification, be research-active with a proven track record of publications, and have expertise and experience in the teaching of Japanese language and culture at university level. They should be willing to make a significant contribution to the academic and research community of the School.  Supervisory experience and a background in language teacher education, or other areas of applied linguistics, will be advantageous.

For more information, please refer to Position Description.

Start date: 3 February 2020. It may be possible to negotiate a later start date.

Inquiries of an academic nature should be made to Sharon Harvey, Head of School: sharvey@aut.ac.nz

Closing date for applications: 3  December 2019.

Auckland University of Technology is an EEO employer, we are committed to the Treaty of Waitangi and to equity. AUT aspires to be the University of choice for Maori and Pacific communities.

Please note that all applications must be submitted through the online application process. For further information, please send us an enquiry here or call 921 9499. Please note we are happy to answer your questions but we do not accept applications by email. You will need to apply through the standard registration process.

Here is a link: https://careers.aut.ac.nz/jobdetails?ajid=tfjMa

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IPU achieves Category 1 ranking

Congratulations IPU New Zealand (Palmerston North) on achieving a Category 1 ranking in the External Evaluation and Review (EER) report by NZQA released on Monday, 23 September 2019!
Following an on-site visit in June 2019, NZQA gave IPU New Zealand the Category 1 ranking of Highly Confident in educational performance and Confident in capability in self-assessment. 
IPU New Zealand.approaches its 30th anniversary next year.
The good news comes hot on the heels of the award of first place to IPU student Alisha Elliot in the JSANZ Tertiary Japanese Language Speech Contest 2019.

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JSANZ Tertiary Japanese Language Speech Contest

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Speech Contest.

1st place    Alisha Elliot (IPU) 挑戦から得たもの

2nd place  Jordan Schulde (Victoria University of Wellington) 私の日本の経験

3rd place   Nicki Jackson (Ara Institute) 私が日本語を学ぶ本当の理由

Congratulations to all. The prize giving ceremony will be held at IPU on Saturday 28 September from 10-10:45am.