Japanese for Specific Purposes (JSP) Special Interest Group (SIG)

Welcome to the ATJ Japanese for Specific Purposes (JSP) Special Interest Group (SIG) page.

The Japanese for Specific Purposes (JSP) SIG was established in 2007 to provide support to teachers of JSP by fostering a network among teachers of JSP and offering academic activities to share and learn about various issues relating to teaching JSP.

JSP can be broadly interpreted; it is a Japanese language course integrated with any specialized areas, such as business, science, politics, international relations, and so on.

Minutes of ATJ Japanese for Specific Purposes (JSP) SIG Business Meeting at ATJ Seminar 2008

The ATJ JSP SIG business meeting took place on Thursday, from 11:30-12:55pm at the ATJ 2008 Seminar.. Six people were present: Tomoko Takami (U of Penn), Ichiro Noguchi (U of Wisconsin) Yuka Kumagai (U of Southern California), Miki Murakami (Portland State U), Mami Harano (Portland State U), Sachiko Aoshima (American U).

1. Tomoko Takami (JSP coordinator)'s greeting included the SIG slogan: Empowerment, Enlightenment, Encouragement, Enjoyment, and "Go-En (Good Network)" - The JSP SIG empowers, enlightens, and encourages its members to become better and effective JSP teachers by sharing the ideas of ideas and challenges in teaching JSP and learning from each other. The members will enjoy the learning opportunity and its network (go-en) offered by the SIG.
2. Takami suggested activities that JSP SIG would like to pursue:
1. 1. The SIG hopes to hold a JSP SIG panel at ATJ session next year (and every year, if possible).
2. The SIG will issue the newsletter, which will be posted on the ATJ SIG webpage. The newsletter includes not only the SIG announcement, but also information about conferences, workshops, and grants which may be helpful and interesting to the SIG members.
3. In order to foster the network among the SIG members, The SIG members will issue the members lists to members-only.
3. The group members introduced themselves, share their interests and challenges. They discussed possible topics for the next JSP SIG panel for the ATJ Seminar in 2009 and idea of setting up a member-only Blog site where the members can exchange ideas throughout the year.

ATJ JSP SIG Newsletter: Issue no. 1, April 30, 2008

The ATJ JSP SIG Newsletter quarterly notifies events and opportunities of interest. Notices appear under four headings:
1. JSP SIG Announcements
2. Conferences and Workshops
3. Grants and Awards Opportunities
4. Other information

Download the newsletter here(PDF format).

How to Join

Please contact Tomoko Takami at the University of Pennsylvania by email (ttakami@sas.upenn.edu). Please include the following information:
Name:
Affiliation:
Email address:
Interested field: (If you have any.../ e.g Business Japanese)

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