JLTN Quarterly Teaching Materials

The Japanese Language Teachers Network (JLTN) Quarterly began as a regional newsletter serving high school teachers of Japanese in Illinois and the Midwest. After attaining national distribution in the 1990s, the Quarterly began to include with each issue printed classroom materials authored and contributed by classroom teachers. These materials, focusing not only on language learning but on aspects of Japanese culture and society, were offered as an early version of "freeware," which could be freely copied and used by teachers in their own classes. Although they were designed for high school classrooms, many of the published units were also adapted by individual users for college-level class use. Recent contributions have also come from elementary school teachers.

Because of the cost of printing and mailing, the Quarterly ceased printed publication with the April 2002 issue. However, materials from back issues that are available in electronic form will be posted on this site, with the permission of the authors. Other materials from back issues are still available in printed form on request from the Alliance of Associations of Teachers of Japanese. New materials will be added to the page several times a year, beginning in September 2002.

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Mail ATJ: atj@colorado.edu
279 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0279
Phone: (303) 492-5487 FAX: (303) 492-5856