Theme: The Japanese Language in Transition and Its Education at Present
Conference Date: August 15-17, 2008
Conference Venue: The Japan Foundation Toronto
Abstract Submission Deadline: April 10, 2008
Notification of Acceptance: May 10, 2008
The Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE) is pleased to announce its 20th Anniversary Annual Conference, which is scheduled for August 15-17, 2008,Êat the Japan Foundation Toronto. The goal of the conference is to bring together teachers of Japanese across countries and disciplines and will consist of keynote lectures, panel discussions, paper presentations, and teacher workshops. There will also be an optional day trip tour to Niagara Falls on August 18.
We invite submission of abstracts for paper presentations on topics including, but not limited to, Japanese linguistics, Japanese language pedagogy, Japanese as a heritage language, as well as innovative teaching. Submissions related to the conference theme are particularly welcome. The time allocated for each paper will be 30 minutes including questions and discussion. We also welcome group submissions on a common theme. Presentations should be given in Japanese, though presentation in English is acceptable under special circumstances. Please send an attachment (.pdf or .doc file) containing the following to:
shimojo@buffalo.edu (subject: "CAJLE 2008").
1) paper title (in both Japanese and English),
2) one-page abstract (in Japanese),
3) name(s) of the presenter(s) (in both Japanese and English),
4) current affiliation and title (in Japanese and English), and
5) email address, phone number, and mailing address.
Presenters must be members of CAJLE. Membership information is available at: http://www.cajle.net
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