10 out of the 20 schools proclaimed by the Ministry of Education Malaysia as 'High Performance School' on Jan 25, offer Japanese as an elective international language subject. Out of these 10 schools 9 are residential schools. The 10 schools are:-
1. SMK Sri Aman
2. SMS Tuanku Syed Putra
3. SM Sultan Abdul Halim
4. Malay College Kuala Kangsar
5. Sekolah Seri Puteri
6. Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah
7. Tunku Kurshiah College
8. Sekolah Dato' Abdul Razak
9. SMS Muzaffar Syah
10. Sekolah Tun Fatimah
Congratulations to these schools and to their teachers too!
Keep up the good work!
先生方、これから大変かもしれないですが、頑張れ！
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
RESESS 2010
The schedule for Regional Seminar for Secondary School (RESESS) Japanese Language Teachers for 2010 is as follows: -
Central Zone: SMAP Kajang (Apr 6-8)
East Coast Zone: SMK Lembah Bidong (Apr 20-22)
Borneo Zone: SMS Kuching (May 4-6)
Southern Zone: SMS Muzaffar Shah (May 18-20)
Northern Zone: SMK Raja Chulan (Jun 1-3)
Attendance for all teachers is compulsory. The host school will serve as the seminar's secretariat. Teachers under internship (namely the IPBA's Cohort 4 teachers) will be exempted as they will be required to attend the short courses scheduled during their internship.
Please note that the above seminar is subject to changes as their budgets have yet to be finalised.
Central Zone: SMAP Kajang (Apr 6-8)
East Coast Zone: SMK Lembah Bidong (Apr 20-22)
Borneo Zone: SMS Kuching (May 4-6)
Southern Zone: SMS Muzaffar Shah (May 18-20)
Northern Zone: SMK Raja Chulan (Jun 1-3)
Attendance for all teachers is compulsory. The host school will serve as the seminar's secretariat. Teachers under internship (namely the IPBA's Cohort 4 teachers) will be exempted as they will be required to attend the short courses scheduled during their internship.
Please note that the above seminar is subject to changes as their budgets have yet to be finalised.
Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language Course - Cohort 4
May I welcome the 12 new Japanese language teachers, who have graduated from this course recently. おめでとうございます。
They have been posted to 12 schools (7DS /5RS) to begin their 1-year internship whereby they will receive full supports from the senior teacher(s) and lecturers from IPGM-KBA and JFKL as well as from all the stakeholders, namely MOEM & JFKL.
The schools they are posted are in the following states
DAY SCHOOLS
Kedah (1) Perak (1) Selangor (2) Johor (1) Pahang (1) Sabah (1)
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
Negeri Sembilan (1) Kelantan (2) Terengganu (1) Sarawak (1)
From this year onwards, they are required to team-teach with their seniors and report their progress regularly to MOEM.
May I wish them SELAMAT BERTUGAS.
コホット４のみなさん、頑張ってくださいね。
This training programme is a joint collaboration between MOEM and JFKL with IPGM-KBA as its implementor to train 5 cohorts of in-service teachers to teach Japanese. They first undergo a 3-month preparatory course in Japanese, before proceed to the 1-year Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language Course. Upon graduation, they will be reposted to schools to begin their 1-year 'internship'. In the following year, they will attend the Short-Term Training Program for Foreign Teachers of the Japanese-Language (Spring Course) at the Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute in Urawa, Japan.
They have been posted to 12 schools (7DS /5RS) to begin their 1-year internship whereby they will receive full supports from the senior teacher(s) and lecturers from IPGM-KBA and JFKL as well as from all the stakeholders, namely MOEM & JFKL.
The schools they are posted are in the following states
DAY SCHOOLS
Kedah (1) Perak (1) Selangor (2) Johor (1) Pahang (1) Sabah (1)
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
Negeri Sembilan (1) Kelantan (2) Terengganu (1) Sarawak (1)
From this year onwards, they are required to team-teach with their seniors and report their progress regularly to MOEM.
May I wish them SELAMAT BERTUGAS.
コホット４のみなさん、頑張ってくださいね。
This training programme is a joint collaboration between MOEM and JFKL with IPGM-KBA as its implementor to train 5 cohorts of in-service teachers to teach Japanese. They first undergo a 3-month preparatory course in Japanese, before proceed to the 1-year Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language Course. Upon graduation, they will be reposted to schools to begin their 1-year 'internship'. In the following year, they will attend the Short-Term Training Program for Foreign Teachers of the Japanese-Language (Spring Course) at the Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute in Urawa, Japan.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Scenario 2010: New Schools
3 new residential schools will be open early this year. They are SMS Rembau, SMS Tapah and SMS Bagan Dato. These schools will be also offering Japanese as one of the compulsory electives and I understand that the Japanese language teachers have already been posted there. 開校するため、いろいろ大変だと思いますが、頑張ってください。もし、日本語教材が必要だったら、ＪＦＫＬに依頼書を出してください。
Thus, the total number of public secondary schools offering international languages as a compulsory or optional elective is as follows:-
Japanese : 78 schools - RS:48 / DS 30
French: 38 schools - RS:32/ DS 6
German: 24 schools - RS:18/ DS 6
I was told that more day schools offering Japanese will be opened in April when the 10 Japan-graduate teachers return to Malaysia upon their graduation end of March 2010.
Thus, the total number of public secondary schools offering international languages as a compulsory or optional elective is as follows:-
Japanese : 78 schools - RS:48 / DS 30
French: 38 schools - RS:32/ DS 6
German: 24 schools - RS:18/ DS 6
I was told that more day schools offering Japanese will be opened in April when the 10 Japan-graduate teachers return to Malaysia upon their graduation end of March 2010.
Scenario 2010: JFKL's Ideas on Designing Lessons for Malaysian Secondary Schools under the New Japanese Language Syllabus
This series of supplementary teaching materials is aimed at giving teachers more ideas on how to translate the new HSP into their scheme of works and lesson plans. It comes in a 2-CD pack and teachers can add, delete, replace and adapt any of the proposed ideas to suit the needs of their class. This material is to be given free to each school.
We started this project largely due to the absence of suitable teaching resources under the New HSP. Since the textbook team was working on the textbook, we began ours from Form 2 instead. Late last year, the Form 2 was completed and given to each school during a seminar we had with the Ministry last October. If your school has not received one, please send me an email at edward@jfkl.org.my
If you are using this material, tell us your experience!
The Form Two materials was developed by TSUBOYAMA Yumiko sensei and LENG Yukiyo sensei. Currently JFKL is visiting some schools to get some direct feedbacks on this project. This year, we shall be working on Form 3 and hope to complete it in the 2nd half of the year. Form Three's materials will be developed by ITO Aiko sensei and KUKIMOTO Megumi sensei.よろしくお願いします。
We started this project largely due to the absence of suitable teaching resources under the New HSP. Since the textbook team was working on the textbook, we began ours from Form 2 instead. Late last year, the Form 2 was completed and given to each school during a seminar we had with the Ministry last October. If your school has not received one, please send me an email at edward@jfkl.org.my
If you are using this material, tell us your experience!
The Form Two materials was developed by TSUBOYAMA Yumiko sensei and LENG Yukiyo sensei. Currently JFKL is visiting some schools to get some direct feedbacks on this project. This year, we shall be working on Form 3 and hope to complete it in the 2nd half of the year. Form Three's materials will be developed by ITO Aiko sensei and KUKIMOTO Megumi sensei.よろしくお願いします。
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Scenario 2010: 「にほんごだいすき」
The new textbook 「にほんごだいすき」 for Form 1 under the new HSP is finally completed!
It was printed in colors late last year by the Ministry. According to BPK, each teacher will receive a personal copy while the school will get 40 copies for use by their students. Publication of this new textbook is currently under consideration. Enquiry: BPK.
The textbook team headed by Chin Siew Siew sensei (SASS) took 2 years to complete this back-breaking task. テキスト作成チームの皆さん、おつかれさま！
It was printed in colors late last year by the Ministry. According to BPK, each teacher will receive a personal copy while the school will get 40 copies for use by their students. Publication of this new textbook is currently under consideration. Enquiry: BPK.
The textbook team headed by Chin Siew Siew sensei (SASS) took 2 years to complete this back-breaking task. テキスト作成チームの皆さん、おつかれさま！
Scenario 2010: New HSP in Schools
This year, Form 3 students will begin using the new HSP (Huraian Sukatan Pelajaran or Syllabus Specifications). When learning of international languages (Japanese, French & German) in Malaysian secondary schools was extended from the residential schools to the day schools in 2005, its curriculum also changes from 4 years to 5.
Thus, this year teachers in school has to cope with 3 different syllabi at the same time.
Form 1 to 3 Classes: New HSP
Form 4 Classes: Old Syllabus
Form 5 Classes: Top-UP Syllabus for Form 5
While the curriculum was expanded from 4 years to 5 in 2005, the new 5-year syllabus was only introduced in 2008. Thus, the need for a Top-UP syllabus to fill in the gap when the students reach Form 5 in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
The HSP for Form 1 to 4 has already been published. Teachers who have not got a copy yet, please contact BPK. HSP for Form 5 is expected to be published after the panel members meet for the last time early this year.
The new HSP was developed by a 10-member Panel headed by Boey Siew Inn sensei. My colleague TSUBOYAMA Yumiko sensei and I from JFKL sit in the Panel as advisors.
Thus, this year teachers in school has to cope with 3 different syllabi at the same time.
Form 1 to 3 Classes: New HSP
Form 4 Classes: Old Syllabus
Form 5 Classes: Top-UP Syllabus for Form 5
While the curriculum was expanded from 4 years to 5 in 2005, the new 5-year syllabus was only introduced in 2008. Thus, the need for a Top-UP syllabus to fill in the gap when the students reach Form 5 in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
The HSP for Form 1 to 4 has already been published. Teachers who have not got a copy yet, please contact BPK. HSP for Form 5 is expected to be published after the panel members meet for the last time early this year.
The new HSP was developed by a 10-member Panel headed by Boey Siew Inn sensei. My colleague TSUBOYAMA Yumiko sensei and I from JFKL sit in the Panel as advisors.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Making the right decision.....
I was briefing the students of Cohort 4 of the "Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language" last week at IPGM-KBA (formerly known as IPBA). They are about to graduate and be posted to schools to begin their new career as a Japanese Language teacher.
I have been doing this for the past 3 cohorts. Each time, I asked myself how could I enhance the knowledge and skills that they have gained from the 15-month training in order to be an effective teacher in school. The key to that, I realised, was 'making the right decision in their P&P'. How? By having the right information at the right time.
Thus, at the briefing last week, I gave them
a) the likely scenerio of the Japanese Language Education (particulary in the secondary education) for 2010,
b) our (JFKL) collaborations with the Ministry & its current status
c) the supports available to teachers, students and schools.
However, I also realised that these information has to be updated often and not just at graduation ceremony. Thus, the birth of this blog.
In addition, to the latest happenings around the Japanese language education, I will also talk and share my thoughts and experience in teaching Japanese to Malaysian students in this blog. I look forward to your comments and suggestions too.
I have been doing this for the past 3 cohorts. Each time, I asked myself how could I enhance the knowledge and skills that they have gained from the 15-month training in order to be an effective teacher in school. The key to that, I realised, was 'making the right decision in their P&P'. How? By having the right information at the right time.
Thus, at the briefing last week, I gave them
a) the likely scenerio of the Japanese Language Education (particulary in the secondary education) for 2010,
b) our (JFKL) collaborations with the Ministry & its current status
c) the supports available to teachers, students and schools.
However, I also realised that these information has to be updated often and not just at graduation ceremony. Thus, the birth of this blog.
In addition, to the latest happenings around the Japanese language education, I will also talk and share my thoughts and experience in teaching Japanese to Malaysian students in this blog. I look forward to your comments and suggestions too.
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