The Japan Foundation, Sydney : Newsletter

Sensei's Pages

Sensei’s Pages are written by the JF Sydney consultants for the newsletter “Omusubi” and contain classroom ideas with related resources. Sensei’s pages are produced quarterly in line with school terms.

Previous Sensei’s Pages can be accessed in “Classroom ideas and resources”.

2009
	Autumn 2009 Theme: Video Production in the Japanese Classroom Level: Primary-Senior Secondary

	Summer 2009 Theme: Speech making as a classroom activity Level: Secondary News : Useful websites for Japanese Language teachers

2008
	December 2008 Theme: JF, Sydney's Nihongo events in 2009

	Spring 2008 Theme: How to use JF Sydney’s web resources Level: Primary-Secondary News and information: New site for associative Kanji Learning

	Winter 2008 Theme: Activity ideas using students' own names Level: Primary - Secondary

	Autumn 2008 Theme: Using SNS (Social Networking Services in Japanese Class) Level: Secondary

	Summer 2008 Theme: Learning Language through Art: Art Speaks Japanese 「日本の美術」 Level: Middle Years - Senior Secondary

For PC users:
To view the newsletter, which uses 'Shift_JIS' code, you will need the appropriate OS or browser to show the Japanese characters.
The newsletter is the best viewed with Windows 2000 or XP, which is configured to display Japanese characters.
If you use another earlier English OS, you can install "Microsoft Global IME" to display the Japanese language, however, it is not fully functional - some Japanese fonts are not viewed.
If you have a Japanese OS (eg. Japanese Windows 98 or Windows 2000), the Japanese characters in the newsletter will be displayed automatically.
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/iebuild/ime5_win32/en/ime5_win32.htm
http://www.nihongo-ok.com/

For Mac users:
If you use the latest Macintosh OS, please refer to your user manual to configure Japanese language settings. Users of other earlier versions should check the following URL:
http://www.nihongoweb.com/Computing/JLK.html

If you have any questions please contact us on (02) 8239 0077 or email comments or ideas to susan_wake@jpf.org.au.