Call for Proposals (Submission Deadline: November 15, 2019)
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 35th Annual Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (SEATJ) Conference to be held at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday, February 22, 2020.
The theme of the conference is “Beyond the Textbook: Challenges and Opportunities in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language.” The conference aims to facilitate discussion of Japanese language education which incorporates Japanese in all of its variations and explores ideas for curricular innovations that encourage students to see themselves as speakers of Japanese in and beyond the classroom. We particularly welcome proposals addressing (1) teaching the various speech styles of Japanese, including, but not limited to, casual speech and honorifics; (2) Japanese for specific purposes, such as business Japanese or technical Japanese; (3) written Japanese and issues related to translation; and (4) approaches to teaching Japanese as an international language. Other topics related to Japanese and Japanese language education broadly construed are also welcome.
SEATJ is an organization serving all levels of Japanese teachers, and we welcome proposals from K-12 educators as well as instructors and graduate students at institutes of higher education, including both native and non-native speakers of Japanese. Proposals are for 30-minute sessions (20-minute presentation + 10-minute Q & A), and presentations can be in either English or Japanese. Please submit your proposals using Google Form by November 15, 2019. Proposals should not exceed 250 words in English or 500 characters in Japanese. Notification of acceptance will be sent via email by December 1. Papers will be published in the conference proceedings on the SEATJ website in August, 2020.
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 35th Annual Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese (SEATJ) Conference to be held at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday, February 22, 2020.
The theme of the conference is “Beyond the Textbook: Challenges and Opportunities in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language.” The conference aims to facilitate discussion of Japanese language education which incorporates Japanese in all of its variations and explores ideas for curricular innovations that encourage students to see themselves as speakers of Japanese in and beyond the classroom. We particularly welcome proposals addressing (1) teaching the various speech styles of Japanese, including, but not limited to, casual speech and honorifics; (2) Japanese for specific purposes, such as business Japanese or technical Japanese; (3) written Japanese and issues related to translation; and (4) approaches to teaching Japanese as an international language. Other topics related to Japanese and Japanese language education broadly construed are also welcome.
SEATJ is an organization serving all levels of Japanese teachers, and we welcome proposals from K-12 educators as well as instructors and graduate students at institutes of higher education, including both native and non-native speakers of Japanese. Proposals are for 30-minute sessions (20-minute presentation + 10-minute Q & A), and presentations can be in either English or Japanese. Please submit your proposals using Google Form by November 15, 2019. Proposals should not exceed 250 words in English or 500 characters in Japanese. Notification of acceptance will be sent via email by December 1. Papers will be published in the conference proceedings on the SEATJ website in August, 2020.