E-Newsletter on Professional Development

The Professional Development Committee of ATJ is starting an e-newsletter for members on the subjects of K-16 Japanese language teaching and language pedagogy. This newsletter will include teaching tips, techniques for making make classes more effective and fun, suggestions on developing and and using materials, discussions on curricular and pedagogical issues, recommendations of useful web resources for Japanese language teachers, and other topics of interest. The newsletter will be sent out by e-mail every two to three months. If you are interested in subscribing, please send an e-mail message to the ATJ office at atj@colorado.edu; your e-mail address will be added to the distribution list. The first issue will be sent to subscribers in May. Among the contributing editors for the first few issues will be Joan Ericson, Yukiko Hatasa, Carl Falsgraf, Hiroko Kataoka, Ruyko Kubota, Mari Noda, Patty Thornton, and Yasu-Hiko Tohasku.