In conjunction with the Japan Foundation and the ACT Australia-Japan Society, the ANU will once again be the site of the Canberra Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The deadline for applications is 4 September, 2009 (Fri) and the test will be held on 6 December 2009 (Sun) in Baldessin Precinct (bldg. #110 & home to the Japan Centre).
For details, contact information, and application forms please see the FAS JLPT information page.
July is one of the busiest months for attending conferences. Members of Ishihara Lab presented four papers at conferences in July. The following are the titles of the papers:
- Jun Imaki and Shunichi Ishihara, ‘Automated Essay Scoring Systems: Can we Use them in Japanese Language Learning Environment?’, the JSAA-ICJLE 2009 Conference, Sydney.
- Mami Iwashita and Shunichi Ishihara, ‘The Subject and the Verb in Japanese Passive Constructions’, the 2009 Australian Linguistic Society Conference, Melbourne.
- Shunichi Ishihara, ‘How Diverse Are We? An Empirical Analysis of Individual Differences in the Use of Fillers’, the 2009 International Pragmatics Conference, Melbourne.
- Shunichi Ishihara, ‘A Collocation Analysis of Topic Change Utterances of Multi-Party Meeting Conversations’, the 2009 Australian Linguistic Society Conference, Melbourne
This was Jun’s conference debut and she truly enjoyed the real thrill of research presentation. She has already become addicted and has started preparing for another presentation.
Some of the above presentations can be viewed as posters at the Japan Centre.
Well, not really, but kind of. The Ethel Tory Language Scholarships provide up to $2500 to cover travel costs for overseas language study (sorry, Tasmania doesn’t count). But you must act fast, the deadline for the first round of applications is 26 June! See the website for all the details on eligibility and how to apply.
