2011 SPECIAL INVITATION PROGRAMME FOR JAPANESE-LANGUAGE TEACHERS

2011 Special Invitation Programme for Japanese-Language Teachers
The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa (May 26, – July 20)

The Japan Foundation, in addition to its Grant Programs for fiscal year 2011-2012 is pleased to announce that the “Special Invitation Programme for Japanese-Language Teachers” is now open for application until 7 December (Tuesday).

The programme which is implemented as part of the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange of Students and Youths (JENESYS) and financed by the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund aims to provide teachers of the Japanese language in East Asian countries an opportunity to improve their skills and teaching methodology and to deepen their knowledge of Japan. Thus, it is for the improvement of the participants’ proficiency in Japanese up to the intermediate or advanced levels and to gain analytic knowledge necessary to teach Japanese; the Japanese Language, Japanese-language Teaching Methods and Cultural Programmes are the principal subjects covered. Qualified applicants are individuals who have achieved proficiency in the Japanese–language between the Level N4 to N5 of the New Japanese Language Proficiency Test (New JLPT) system or the equivalent of the JLPT Level 4 and 3 of the old JLPT system, under 35 years of age and who have at least 6- month experience in teaching the Japanese-language in established institutions.

For details on the aforementioned and on The Japan Foundation Grant Programs for fiscal year 2011-2012 and other projects / events, please contact The Japan Foundation, Manila (tel. # 811-61-55 to 58/ fax # 811-61-53; website: www.jfmo.org.ph; e-mail : email@jfmo.org.ph)