５０周年 Now and Then
Contact: president@jltasa.asn.au
あけおめ！
What a fitting theme for our conference and indeed our year as JLTASA celebrates its 50-year anniversary in 2023! The long-awaited return to face-to-face activities last year, such as our annual conference, brought much-needed rejuvenation to 2022. In such a truly collaborative profession, we certainly could not continue much longer without in-person interaction to share pedagogies and stories (and laughs!).
In 2023 there will be several (more) trials as we continue to refine our member offerings this year following feedback from the ‘Great Student Event Survey’. Our annual conference is set to be bigger than ever, and I once again invite you to present and share your ideas (EOIs close 26th Feb).
We are aiming for our big “50” birthday party celebration to coincide with our annual conference in May, and have commenced work on some very exciting proficiency-based professional learning, which we hope to be able to formally launch in 2024.
Behind-the-scenes work on a partnership with Palace Nova to create a local Ghibli film festival for school screenings continues, and we have a couple of new incursions/activities for schools to add to their teaching programs this year – if we can’t get the 1000s of students studying Japanese all out to events, we will continue to look for ways to help facilitate exciting culture and/or language opportunities in the classroom.
See you at the conference on May 20th!
Tom Dawson
President
２０２３年１月２５日
SA Affiliations: MLTASA and Educators SA
International Affiliations: We have an affiliation with The Japan Foundation, Sydney.
Upcoming Events
2023 Year 7-8 Japanese Recital Competition (confirmed date)
Year 7-8 Recital Competition A competition in which entrants memorise an authentic, pre-selected Japanese text and recite it without notes. All entrants will receive a participation certificate and prize! Certificates…
2023 Kaiwa No Hi「会話の日」(approx date)
“Kaiwa No Hi” for Stage Two Students Student registrations will be via Humanitix: Come and practise your speaking & listening skills with students and teachers from other schools. We…
2023 Year 6 Quiz Day (confirmed)
A brilliant opportunity for a fun and inspiring learning experience for your Year 6 students. Registration link will appear here once registration opens:
News and Past Events
2022 NSJLE Reports
JLTASA were pleased to provide five grants for members to attend the 2022 NSJLE. We are also very proud of our SA presenters, Tom Dawson, Mel Watt, Kate Satomura, Ilana…
2022 Southern Hiragana Competition
Our Southern Area Hub Group’s Annual Hiragana Reading Competition was held for the 18th year on Wednesday September 14th. This year we had 22 teams of 4 entered which is…
2022 Western Hiragana Competition
Hiragana Contest JLTASA Report 7/9/22 It was with great excitement that the Western Primary Schools’ Hiragana Contest was held after a 2 year hiatus at Kidman Park Primary School. Year…