The Japan Foundation, London is holding a Refresher Course for Japanese teachers online over a few weeks from late June to mid-July. This is to help non-native-speaker-level Japanese teachers brush up their Japanese level and network with other Japanese teachers.

The in-person Final Day of the Refresher Course will be held in London and is open to all school teachers, even if they have not participated in the Refresher Course.

Why not join us in London for a chance to meet fellow teachers of Japanese, participate in workshops, and hear from expert speakers? The event is free, and lunch will also be provided.

You can find information on the Final Day event below:

Basic Information

• Date: Saturday 19th July
• Venue: The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, 13/14 Cornwall Terrace (Outer Circle), London, NW1 4QP
• Fee: Free
• Languages Used: English with some Japanese
• Application Deadline: 10th July 2025 (Thursday), 15:00

Link to Application Form

*Applications will close once the maximum number of participants has been reached.

Eligibility (Any one or more of the following)

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

*Your application may not be accepted if it does not meet the eligibility criteria.

Schedule (TBC: Please note that this schedule is subject to change)

• 10:40　Venue opens
• 11:00　Opening
• 11:10　Session 1 (Seminar about GCSEs/A-Levels)
• 11:40　Break
• 11:50　Session 2 (Workshop about teaching methodology)
• 13:20　Break
• 13:30　Buffet lunch
• 15:00　End

Speakers

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.

Click here to register to attend