Do you think your Japanese level is getting rusty? Why not study Japanese online to brush up your Japanese level?

This course is for non-native-speaker-level Japanese teachers who currently teach Japanese in secondary and/or primary schools. You can improve not only your Japanese level but also your teaching skills. Moreover you can build a network among other Japanese teachers. Trainee teachers are also welcome to join. For more information, see below.

Schedule:

This course consists of Online Sessions and a Final Day event. The online sessions will be run in two different groups, followed by the Final Day event, which will be held for both groups together.

Please select the group with dates that are suitable for you:

Online sessions

Group 1: Monday Group (online):

• 18:00-19:30 (90 min x 3 lessons)
• 30th June, 7th, 14th July

Group 2: Mon/Wed Group (online):

• 13:10-13:55 (45 min x 6 lessons)
• 30th June, 2nd, 7th, 9th, 14th 16th July

Final Day: Saturday 19th July at London Venue, 11:00-15:00 (TBC)

• Workshops in person and lunch reception.
• More detailed information will be given later.

N.B. The course will take place online, but on the final day of the course we would like to hold a special face-to-face session, with special speakers as detailed below, and there will be a Commendation Ceremony. The Japan Foundation, London will provide lunch and cover your travel expense partly.

* All participants are asked to pay up to £10 of their travel expenses out of their own pocket (no reimbursement). The rest of their travel expenses will be reimbursed by The Japan Foundation, London for amounts up to £100.00. If you need to travel the day before and stay overnight the night before the Final Day event, please consult us in advance.

 

Eligibility (any one or more of the following):

• Non-native-speaker-level Japanese teachers who teach at secondary and/or primat schools, including teaching extra-curricular activities such as school clubs.
• PGCE students who are aiming to become Japanese teachers.
• SCITT trainees/candidates 

Suitable Japanese Level: JLPT N3 or CEFR B1 (if you cannot assess your own level, please contact us)

Course fee: Free (including all handouts)

Registration Deadline: Tuesday 24th June 2025

Languages used: English/Japanese (All handouts will be given during the lesson.)

This course may count as 9.5 hours of CPD (TBC)

 

Course Content:

• Week 1 (online): Introduction, Review of GCSE higher specification
• Week 2 (online): Review of Grammar and Kanji
• Week 3 (online): Review of Grammar and Kanji
• Final Day (face-to-face) : Workshop

Course Objectives:

To be able to teach GCSE higher tier confidently

 

About the Speakers at the Final Day Event

Ms Fiona Pryce at Pearson Edexcel

Fiona Pryce is a Senior Qualification Manager at Pearson Edexcel, with a portfolio of 16 GCSE and 15 A Level language qualifications. Fiona has extensive experience as an MFL teacher, teaching Spanish and German up to KS5 and French up to KS3. As a HOD she supported students taking additional language qualifications, including Japanese GCSE. She also ran a primary MFL business for 6 years. Fiona joined Pearson in 2022 and led on the development of the GCSE 2024 Spanish Edexcel and AQA course resources.

 

Ms Anne Rajakumar

Anne Rajakumar has been teaching Japanese for over thirty years, in both Australia and the UK. She is the author of the successful Australian primary-level workbooks, Yonde Kaite, and has a website and Youtube channel which hosts a wealth of material to support the GCSE , A-Level and International Baccalaureate Japanese programmes. Until giving up classroom teaching in 2020, Anne was the Head of Japanese at Hockerill Anglo-European College and since then she has focussed on teaching online. For the past fifteen years making online resources to support 'Flipped Learning' in the classroom has been a major focus of her work, and she has integrated the use of online resources into her teaching (Flipped Learning) to great effect.

 

To register, please click here:

https://forms.office.com/r/NW1CEFY3ma