The Japan Foundation, Sydney : Newsletter

Sensei's Pages

The Sensei’s Pages are developed by the Japan Foundation, Sydney specifically for Japanese language teachers. The Sensei’s Pages appear in our quarterly newsletter, Omusubi, which can be sent to school and university libraries free of charge upon completion of a School and Tertiary Update form.

Current and past Sensei’s Pages can also be downloaded from our website.

2008
	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
2007
	Spring 2007 Theme: How to use “Erin's Challenge! I can speak Japanese” Level: Junior-Senior Secondary
	Winter 2007 Theme: Creating a restaurant menu Level: Junior Secondary
	Autumn 2007 Theme: Reading Japanese news Level: Senior Secondary
	Summer 2007 Theme: Learning language through song and hand movements Level: Primary
2006
	Spring 2006 Theme: Intercultural Language Learning on the topic of 'obento' Level: Middle Years
	Winter 2006 Theme: Japanese Folktales Level: Middle Years
	Autumn 2006 Theme: Reading Japanese News Level: Senior Secondary
	Summer 2006 Theme: Reading to Children Level: Primary
2005
	Spring 2005 Theme: Teaching Kanji 2 Level: Secondary
	Winter 2005 Theme: Teaching Kanji 1 Level: Primary - Secondary
	Autumn 2005 Theme: Japanese Folktales Level: Middle Years
	Summer 2005 Teaching Japanese Pronunciation
2004
	Spring 2004 Learning about culture and society through cultural products: Omusubi
	No.47 August 2004 Ideas for Developing Your Own Activities Theme: Information Gap
	No.46 May 2004 Ideas for Developing Your Own Resources Theme: Skits Level: Middle Years
	No.45 February 2004 Ideas for Reading Theme: Japanese Comics Level: Year 10 - 12
2003
	No.44 November 2003 Technology for the Classroom Searching for the information on Japanese website
	No.43 August 2003 Technology for the Classroom Reading Japanese websites
	No.42 May 2003 Ideas for Incorporating Culture Theme: Sumo Level: Middle Years - Senior Secondary
	No.41 February 2003 Ideas for Reading Theme: Japanese Folktales Level: Middle Years
2002
	No.40 November 2002 Ideas for Developing Writing Skills 2 Theme: Me and My Family Level: Junior - Senior Secondary
	No.39 August 2002 Ideas for Developing Writing Skills 1 Theme: Me and My Family Level: Junior - Senior Secondary
	No.38 May 2002 Ideas for Reading Theme: Japanese Folktales Level: Primary
	No.37 February 2002 Ideas for Reading Theme: Japanese Myths Level: Junior Secondary
2001
	No.36 November 2001 Ideas for Reading Theme: Reporting Information Level: Senior Secondary
	No.35 August 2001 Theme: Travel to Japan Level: Primary
	No.34 May 2001 Theme: Time and Verbs Level: Primary
	No.33 February 2001 Theme: Requesting and Offering Level: 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.