El Viajero » Japanese http://blog.jklmelton.net Life Travel Japan Mexico U.S. Fun Food Health Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:21:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Kwansei Gakuin University http://blog.jklmelton.net/2007/06/26/kwansai-gakuin-university/ http://blog.jklmelton.net/2007/06/26/kwansai-gakuin-university/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:37:20 +0000 Jay http://blog.jklmelton.net/?p=101 The content of El Viajero has been split into two blogs. El Viajero will focus on topics related to every day life. The academic material is moving to http://scholar.jklmelton.net.

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]]> http://blog.jklmelton.net/2007/06/26/kwansai-gakuin-university/feed/ 0 Joe is Japanese dot com http://blog.jklmelton.net/2007/05/25/joe-is-japanese-dot-com/ http://blog.jklmelton.net/2007/05/25/joe-is-japanese-dot-com/#comments Fri, 25 May 2007 02:10:53 +0000 Jay http://blog.jklmelton.net/?p=87 Continue reading →]]> Kevin Ryan, of LanguageJapan fame, just mentioned a new manga on the way: Joe is Japanese. There is a trailer at that link to get you started. The first part of the trailer is a major crackup, with the protagonist trying to get his family name understood while calling several places. The latter part is not for the younger kids since Joe is telling a story from the other side of the tracks. Japanese skills are not a requirement, as there are subtitles for all the Japanese parts. It could add a motivating factor to those of you working on your bilingual skills. The site includes links to the characters’ MySpace pages; here’s Joe’s. It all looks very promising!

]]> http://blog.jklmelton.net/2007/05/25/joe-is-japanese-dot-com/feed/ 0 Japan Needs Japanese Teachers http://blog.jklmelton.net/2007/05/23/japan-needs-japanese-teachers/ http://blog.jklmelton.net/2007/05/23/japan-needs-japanese-teachers/#comments Wed, 23 May 2007 01:36:13 +0000 Jay http://blog.jklmelton.net/?p=84 Continue reading →]]> The figures in the previous post were embedded in an article from The Daily Yomiuri on the critical need for Japanese teachers here in Japan. The number of primary and secondary students whose native language is not Japanese went over 20,000 for the first time. It should be noted that the vast majority of these students do not speak English as their first language either. The jobs are clearly out there; the challenge will be to train teachers who can teach Japanese to speakers of any language in addition to preparing speakers of these languages to teach Japanese. The breakdown of students in need of Japanese skills by language is somewhat different from the numbers of foreigners living here:

Rank Language Number Percentage
One Portuguese 7,562 36.5
Two Chinese 4,460 21.6
Three Spanish 3,156 15.3
Four Filipino 2,176 10.1
Five Korean 859 4.2
Six Vietnamese 754 3.6
Seven English 487 2.4
Eight+ Others 1,238 6.0

So, any students out there who are still thinking about what they would like to do for a living may want to consider a career in teaching Japanese. Keep in mind that you might need to make a move to a location where there are higher concentrations of students in need. These seem to include the Kanto and Kansai areas.

]]> http://blog.jklmelton.net/2007/05/23/japan-needs-japanese-teachers/feed/ 0 Learning Japanese? Using Firefox? Get This Extension Now! http://blog.jklmelton.net/2005/12/16/learning-japanese-using-firefox-get-this-now/ http://blog.jklmelton.net/2005/12/16/learning-japanese-using-firefox-get-this-now/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:53:12 +0000 Jay http://blog.jklmelton.net/?p=33 Continue reading →]]> The content of El Viajero has been split into two blogs. El Viajero will focus on topics related to every day life. The academic material is moving to http://scholar.jklmelton.net.

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