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Annual Spring Conference Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Kapiolani Community College 
Pre-registration deadline: March 18, 2009 Contact: Yukio Kataoka ykataoka (at) hawaii.edu
Aloha & welcome!
The Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese has been revitalized for nearly four years now, thanks to the many teachers and students of Japanese who keep their strong enthusiasm towards teaching and seek professional development opportunities. Since the summer of 2005, we have organized four conferences and three workshops annually and the membership has gradually grown until now, where the association has now more than 100 teachers and graduate students. The association was originally established as a small group of teachers more than 20 years ago and we will never forget the founders' effort to build up the association. We hope that you will find our conferences and workshops a great oppurtunity to present your work, learn new teaching techniques and practices, and share your concerns or interest with other members.
Annual Spring Conference Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Kapiolani Community College
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HATJ membership 2008-2009 Time really flies. Some of you may have forgotten to renew your membership. Our membership year is from July to June. If you missed paying the dues for this year and don't want to send the dues by mail, the Spring Conference on April 4, 2009 is coming up soon. So please print out the renewal form from the menu on the left and bring it with you together with your dues. Also, you can pay for the next year's dues at the same time. We appreciate your cooperation very much. |
Honolulu Festival Experience From March 13 to 15, there was the Honoluu Festival in Waikiki and Ala Moana Shopping Center. Every year, many people from all over Japan visit Hawaii to demonsrate their spirit of Aloha in sharing their dances, floats or "mikoshi" or "dashi' with the local people of Hawaii. Many students of Japanese also participate in the parade. Did you go see the parade this year? |
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Japan Wizards Competition 2009 There was the annual Japan Wizards Competition on Saturday, February 2009 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. It was really nice seeing many high school students from both public and private schools studying Japanese language and culture beyond their class requirments. Advisor teachers also worked hard so that their students could do their best. This year's result is as follows: Level A winner, Mililani H.S., 2nd place Kauai H.S., 3rd place Saint Andrew's Priory; Level B winner Hawaii Baptist Academy, 2nd place Waipahu H.S., 3rd place Roosevelt H.S. Congratulations to these students and advisors! |
Lecturer Position at LCC Leeward Community College is looking for a lecturer in Japanese for the Fall 2009 semester. Duties and Responsibilities: Teach beginning Japanese course(s); Qualifications: Master's degree (Japanese, Linguistics, ESL/SLS, or Education), native (or near-native) fluency in Japanese, coursework in teaching methodology |
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World Language Speech Fesitval held at Moanalua H.S. On Saturday, March 7, the Moanalua H.S. cafeteria was full of energy from more than 500 students participating in the speech festival. The languages for this event range from Japanese and Spanish to Chinese and French. There were many volunteer judges from UHM, KCC, HCC, HPU, DOE schools and other private schools. Otsukare sama deshita. |
KZOO Speech Contest on April 11, 2009 This is also an annual speech competition, which will be held in April this year at Hawaii Tokai Interational College on Kapiolani Boulevard. Please go and support your students or school. |