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| The Alliance of Associations of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) represents and serves teachers of Japanese at all levels of instruction and in all types of learning settings. It serves as the administrative office for the Association of Teachers of Japanese (ATJ) and the National Council of Japanese Language Teachers (NCJLT), which together represent most K-12 teachers and university faculty in the Japanese language and literature education field. In addittion, the Alliance offers training and professional development to Japanese language teachers in a variety of forms: by sponsoring workshops and summer institutes, by awarding individual small grants, and by sponsoring publications and materials. AATJ has received the 2009 Japan Foundation Award for Japanese Language. The award citation, which was presented in Tokyo on October 6, reads: “In deep appreciation of your contributions to the development of Japanese language education in the United States of America by bringing organizations of Japanese language teachers' organizations together and organizing a diverse range of activities, the Japan Foundation hereby presents you with the Japan Foundation Award for Japanese Language." 2010 Summer Institute in Japan: "Incorporating Culture in the Japanese Language Classroom" |
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