The Central Association of Teachers of Japanese will hold its 14th conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Saturday, April 20, 2002. The theme of the conference is: "How to Improve Japanese Language Teaching Through the Use of the Proficiency-Oriented Approach." The keynote speaker will be Prof. Seiichi Makino of Princeton University. About ten presenters will be selected for the conference. If you have any questions, please contact Akira Miura, Professor of Japanese, Dept. of East Asian Languages & Literature, 1260 Van Hise Hall, Madison, WI 53706. amiura@facstaff.wisc.edu.