Professor Hiroko Kataoka's Session at SWCOLT/AZLA

Dear All,

I am delighted to announce that the AATJ Session at the SWCOLT (Southwest Conference on Language Teaching) /AZLA (Arizona Language Association) Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday, April 7, 2006, will be about the new AP (Advanced Placement) Japanese Language and Culture.

The AATJ Invited speaker is Dr. Hiroko Kataoaka, Professor in Japanese, California State University, Long Beach. Everyone is welcome to attend. Registration fee for this three day conference is $90 for non-members and $40 for SWCOLT members. Please directly register at http://www.swcolt.org/ (SWCOLT Homepage). More information will be also found at http://www.asu.edu/languages/azla/ (AZLA Homepage).

The session abstracts and outline:
This session will introduce the new AP Japanese Language and Culture program and related issues, such as content, benefits, challenges, and preparations. The session will also take up such topics as professional development and articulation between secondary and college level Japanese programs.

Content:
AP program: AP course and AP exam
Benefits of AP program
AP Japanese Language and Culture: An Overview
AP Japanese Language and Culture Exam Content
AP: College Perspectives
Professional Activities and Curricular Resources
Getting Involved

The presentation with handouts will be followed by Q&A and discussion. As you may have been informed, AP Japanese will start from 2007. It is essential for us Japanese educators to know about AP Japanese to improve our curriculum, enrollment, and articulations. Please do not let this wonderful chance be missed.

FYI, please visit http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/article/0,3045,151-165-0-37222,00.html to know more about AP Japanese. See you at the conference.

Emi Ochiai Ahn