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Japanese Events in London: 4th - 10th May 2009
On the 5th May 2009 the Japanese Conversation Group will be hosting one of their conversation sessions in 'a friendly and informal atmosphere for Japanese speakers of all nationalities to come together and speak Japanese.'
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Certainly an event which we will encourage our students to attend. These events occur on the first Tuesday of every month at The Clachan, a central London pub. They aim to start at 6.30pm and finish around 10.30pm. This month's event will see members testing their knowledge of Japanese 'onomatopoeia'. Onomatopoeia refers to the formation or use of words such as 'buzz' or 'murmur' that imply the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. Another example in English would be, the water 'gargled' down the drain. In Japanese language there are literally hundreds of such words, and they are used much more frequently than in English. Words that represent real sounds (e.g, a dog barking) are called giseigo, while words that refer specifically to specific actions (for example, to drink with a gulp or to drink by sipping) are called gitaigo. On a slight tangent, did you know that the Japanese make the noise 'wan-wan' to imitate a dog whilst in the West, we say 'woof-woof'.
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If you are interested then get yourself down to the Clachan pub, 34 Kingly Street, London W1B 5QH, £5 for students and members, £7 for non-members
On the 8th May 2009 we note that there will be a free one day course for Japanese teachers. The 'Asset Languages Day for Teachers of Japanese' one day course, is organised by Asset Languages and the Japan Foundation London Language Centre.
It will be held at the JFLLC on Friday, 8th May 2009. Again, for more details please refer to the link above.
The purpose of the course is to deepen Japanese teachers' knowledge and understanding of Asset Language qualifications. Asset Languages is a new scheme to motivate language learners. The Asset Languages assessment scheme is for language learners of all ages and abilities: from primary school through to further, higher and adult education. The languages assessment scheme is sponsored by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, (DCSF) and is being developed by Cambridge Assessment through OCR and Cambridge ESOL, as part of the National Languages Strategy.