Report from the JHL (Japanese as a Heritage Language) SIG
The Japanese Heritage Language Special Interest Group announces its new on-line journal, “JHL SIG Journal: Working Papers of Japanese Heritage Language and Education.” This Web-based journal provides a forum for educators and researchers in the field of JHL to publish their research as well as their practical ideas such as curriculum design, classroom activities, assessment, and experiences related to teaching and learning JHL. The journal is published in an on-line format in order to reach more readers and make the articles accessible and available at all times to educators and researchers in this field. For information about article submission, please visit the JHL SIG site at www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/ SIG/heritage/ejournal/.
JHL SIG will organize a session to present papers and a SIG meeting at the ATJ seminar on March 31, 2005. The time and location of the session and the meeting will be announced via the JHL SIG Listserv. We look forward to seeing those who are interested in research and pedagogy of JHL at the seminar.
ATJ Professional Development SIG Meeting at ACTFL 2004
An ATJ Professional Development SIG Meeting will be held at the ACTFL Convention in Chicago, IL, on November 19-21, 2004. The meeting is open to all SIG members and those who are interested in professional development. Non-SIG members are encouraged to become SIG members. To join the Professional Development SIG, please send email to Y.-H. Tohsaku at ytohsaku@ucsd.edu with your name, affiliation, email address, and membership (ATJ, NCJLT, or both). The detailed agenda as well as the time and the room of the meeting will be sent through JPD-L list and posted in the SIG webpage at www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj/SIG/prodev. If you are interested in attending this meeting, please send email to ytohsaku@ucsd.edu.
Special Issue of JLL in Honor of Samuel E. Martin
The fall 2004 issue of Japanese Language and Literature is a special issue in honor of Prof. Samuel E. Martin, who turned 80 this year. The articles were contributed by scholars who studied with Prof. Martin at Yale, and they managed to keep the project a secret from him while it was in progress. Prof. Martin now lives in Vancouver, Washington, and these former students organized a small luncheon in his honor on October 8th at the Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon. In attendance were Ross King (University of British Columbia), Bob Ramsey (University of Maryland), Leon Serafim (University of Hawaii), and Jim Unger (Ohio State University), all of whom completed doctorates under Prof. Martin. Jim Unger’s wife Mutsuyo was there as well. Representing JLL was Tim Vance, the coordinating editor, who presented Prof. Martin with a copy of the cover of the special issue. Accompanying Prof. Martin were his wife Nancy, his son James, his daughter Norah, and Norah’s husband Brad. While not given to effusive displays of emotion, Prof. Martin was clearly touched by this small token of the tremendous esteem in which he is held. Thanks are due to Kevin Boerup of U.S. Press in Tucson for getting the cover printed in time for the presentation, to ATJ Past President Pat Wetzel for local arrangements in Portland, and to the staff of the London Grill in the Benson Hotel for a fine meal.