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= Welcome to our Wiki! ／　ウィキへよう﻿こそ！ Teaching Japanese Culture in the 21st Century = = 2010 M﻿ichig﻿an World Langu﻿age Asso﻿ci﻿at﻿ion (MIWLA) Conference  = = Octob﻿er 22, 2010, Lansi﻿ng﻿, ﻿Mi﻿﻿chi﻿gan  =


 * ==== 9:00-9:05 ==== || ==== ==== || ==== Introduction　／　始めに ==== || ==== ==== ||
 * ==== 9:05-9:25 ==== || ==== ==== || ==== Thematic Unit: "Bath culture" ====

テーマ：「湯文化」
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B. Cooper, Sexton High School
ブリジッド・クーパー ||
 * ==== 9:25-9:45 ==== || ==== ==== || ==== Thematic Unit: "Who's afraid of job hunting!" ====

テーマ：「就活なんて怖くない！」
|| ==== M. Endo Hudson, Michigan State University ==== ハドソン遠藤陸子 || = =
 * ==== 9:45-9:50 ==== || ==== ==== || ==== Questions & Answers　／　質疑応答 ==== ||  ||

The importance of teaching culture in a foreign/second language classroom is nothing new. National Standards for Foreign Language Education (1999) includes it as one of the **“5 Cs”** (communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, communities), and have made it a priority to incorporate the study of culture in the classroom curricula.

This presentation discusses how to integrate Japanese culture into our language teaching, and recommends strategies for infusing cultural issues in classroom instruction. The topics include the relationships among the products, practices, and perspectives of both traditional and contemporary Japanese culture. By the end of the presentation, attendees will increase their knowledge and understanding of culture, being provided with ideas to improve their teaching skills and methodologies and to develop materials for their classrooms. The presentation is designed for both native and nonnative speakers of Japanese and for teachers at all levels of instruction. Teachers of other languages may benefit as well. In addition to regular materials, the presentation will introduce media-based thematic units on contemporary Japanese culture and society for use in the classroom.

According to the article Culture in Second Language Teaching by Center for Applied Linguistics, ‘[t]he National Center for Cultural Competence defines ** culture ** as an “ integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thoughts, communications, languages, practices, beliefs, values, customs, courtesies, rituals, manners of interacting and roles, relationships and expected behaviors of a racial, ethnic, religious or social group; and the ability to transmit the above to succeeding generations ” (Goode, Sockalingam, Brown, & Jones, 2000). This means that language is not only part of how we define culture, it also reflects culture. Thus, the culture associated with a language cannot be learned in a few lessons about celebrations, folk songs, or costumes of the area in which the language is spoken. Culture is a much broader concept that is inherently tied to many of the linguistic concepts taught in second language classes’ (http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/0309peterson.html).

As it will be impossible to cover all areas of culture, the presenter will focus on several that teachers can readily use in their classrooms, and on how to incorporate teaching of culture with other 4 Cs.

** 2010 MSU Workshop for Teachers of Japanese ** ** ２０１０年ミシガン州立大学日本語教師ワークショップ ** ** 9:30a-3:30p, Saturday, October 9 ** ** １０月９日（土）9:30a-3:30p ** ** 112 Old Horticulture Bldg, MSU **
 * Please bring **
 * (1) Flash drive (make sure it is virus-free!); **
 * (2) Materials & ideas (see below) **

by Bridget Cooper (Sexton High School) and Mutsuko Endo Hudson (Michigan State University) || by Joe Nagashima-Trombley ( West Bloomfield High School ) || = // We hope to see many of you there! // =
 * Schedule **
 * ** 9:30-10:00 ** || **Registration & coffee** ||
 * **10:00-12:00** || **Hands-on Technology Workshop: Thematic Units** (e.g. Wiki, Quizlet, PhotoPeach, Video )
 * **12:00-1:00** || **Lunch** (International Center Food Court) ||
 * **1:00-2:00** || **“Taking students on a trip to Japan”**
 * **2:00-3:00** || **Materials and Ideas Exchange**** : If you are willing to share materials and ideas, **** e-mail  no later than **October 4**.** ||
 * **3:00-3:30** || **Evaluation and Wrap-up** ||