Beyond Kanji Teaching: Culture, Values, And Issues in Kanji Writing

The University of Edinburgh’s Beyond Kanji Teaching (BKT) project is looking for video submissions from students studying Japanese outside of Japan on the theme of: “Show & Tell Video: My favourite kanji”

The Japan Foundation, London is proud to be providing funding for this event.

Students who submit videos will be receive their name written in beautiful calligraphy by Kimiko Hagihara, who teaches as part of the “Let’s Write Beautiful Calligraphy” workshop. They will also get an opportunity to ask a specialist in kanji teaching when they submit their application forms and will receive an individual e-mail response.

• Name of Organisation: Beyond Kanji Teaching (BKT) Project at the University of Edinburgh
• Sponsors: The Japan Foundation, The Japan Society of Scotland
• Video Theme: “Show & Tell Video: My favourite kanji!” / 一番好きな漢字を書いてみんなに伝えよう！
• Eligibility: Kanji learners studying at overseas educational institutions (primary, secondary, and university students; and at Japanese schools or further/adult education institutions).
• Application Fee: None
• Length of video: Between 1 and 3 minutes.
• Application Period:

Please submit your application form within either of the following two application periods:

Application Period 1: 27th June 2022 (Mon) – 5th July 2022 (Mon)

Application Period 2: 27th July (Wed) – 3rd August (Wed)

The final possible application date is 3rd August.

•  The videos will be made available to view online at the BKT Project Online Venue from 10th August 2022 (Wed) to 17th August 2022 (Wed). Applicants will be given a private link they can use to view the videos.

For more information, please see the Application Guidelines: ENG 英語 / JP日本語

You can access the application form by clicking here.

Enquiries: Dr Yoko Matsumoto-Sturt (BKT2022 Project Representative) yoko.matsumoto-sturt@ed.ac.uk

*The subject of your e-mail should be “BKT2022動画投稿の問い合わせ