ADVOCACY KIT
ADVOCACY KIT
The Japan Foundation, Sydney has created an advocacy kit to help teachers to promote their Japanese language programs.
It contains the following three resources. Please see below for details.
- Advocacy brochure
- Advocacy Powerpoint presentation
- Advocacy flyer
1. Advocacy brochure
This colourful brochure contains a variety of information about Japanese traditional and modern culture and aims to inspire students to study Japanese. It can be distributed to secondary students when they are considering their subject choices. We have created two different designs, sakura design and sky design with the same contents. Each design was produced in two versions, A and B.
Version A contains “messages from Senpai” (former students) and a blank section which teachers can fill in with their own Japanese program information.
Version B includes an additional blank “messages from Senpai” section, which teachers can fill in with their former students’ stories and messages. See below for instructions on how to insert the information into the brochure and print it out.
How to use this resource:
- Click the files below to download the PDF file. Use ADOBE ACROBAT READER to open the files.
*You will need ADOBE ACROBAT READER (free software) to insert texts and photos. - Insert your Japanese program information into the blank section of the brochure. You can refer to the sample.
- Print out the brochure back to back and fold into 3 sections.
*Ensure that the scale is set to 100 % on the print screen and choose flip on short edge. Click here to check how to set up the printer.
References
This brochure has been created by The JPF, Sydney with references to the following:
Australian Bureau of Statics (ABS). (2020 December). International Merchandise Trade, Preliminary, Australia: Contains preliminary estimate of international merchandise trade, includes breakdowns of imports, exports, source and destination countries. Retrieved January 29, 2021, from https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/international-trade/international-merchandise-trade-preliminary-australia/dec-2020.
Central Japan Railway Company. (n.d.). Linear Chuo Shinkansen. Retrieved January 29, 2021, from https://linear-chuo-shinkansen.jr-central.co.jp/.
Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. (2021, January 6). FCAI releases VFACTS 2020 new vehicle sales figures. https://www.fcai.com.au/news/index/view/news/695.
Japan External Trade Organization. (2018, March 14). Market Report on Japan’s Smart Robotics Industry. https://www.jetro.go.jp/usa/topics/market-report-japan-smart-robotics-industry.html.
Japan National Tourism Organization. (2020, January 17). Number of visitor arrivals to Japan down 4.0% YoY to 2.526 million in December 2019 Annual total reaches 31.882 million (preliminary figures estimated by JNTO) . https://asset.japan.travel/image/upload/v1579653938/pdf/Number_of_visitor_arrivals_to_Japan_Annual_total_reaches_31.882_million.pdf.
Japan National Tourism Organization. (2020, August 26). Postcards from japan: the man behind the ‘matsuri’, the most unmissable local festivals and finding ‘ikigai’ in ancient japanese traditions with Nobuya Miyata. https://www.japan.travel/en/uk/inspiration/postcards-from-japan-matsuri/
2. Advocacy PowerPoint presentation
This PowerPoint presentation contains material that teachers can use to introduce their Japanese language courses to students. It uses entertaining quizzes to present facts about Japan and its connections to Australia. Teachers can add their own information to Slides 14, 28 and 29 about events and activities they conduct in their programs, such as language days or exchange programs.
References
This PPT has been created by The JPF, Sydney with references to the following:
AgriFutures Australia. (2017, May 24). Wasabi. https://www.agrifutures.com.au/farm-diversity/wasabi/.
Australian Embassy Tokyo. (n.d.). Australia and Japan’s 107 sister-city/sister-state relationship. Retrieved April 8, 2021, from https://japan.embassy.gov.au/tkyo/sistercities.html.
Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. (2018, August). Japan-Australia economic partnership agreement. https://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/in-force/jaepa/fact-sheets/Pages/jaepa-fact-sheet-agriculture-and-processed-food.
Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. (2020, January). Composition of trade Australia 2018-2019, 86. https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/cot-2018-19.pdf.
Bialystok, E & Craik, F. (2010). Cognitive and Linguistic Processing in the Bilingual Mind. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 19(1), 19-23. doi – https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721409358571.
Commonwealth of Australia. (2017). Japanese investment in Australia: A trusted partnership-celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1957 Australia-Japan Agreement on Commerce. https://www.austrade.gov.au/international/invest/importance-of-foreign-direct-investment/japanese-investment-in-australia/report.
Gold, B. T., Kim, C., Johnson, N. F., Kryscio, R. J., & Smith, C. D. (2013). Lifelong bilingualism maintains neural efficiency for cognitive control in aging. The Journal of Neuroscience, 33(2), 387–396. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3837-12.2013.
Keysar, B., Hayakawa, S. L., & An, S. G. (2012). The Foreign-Language Effect: Thinking in a Foreign Tongue Reduces Decision Biases. Psychological Science, 23(6), 661–668. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611432178.
Krizman, J., Marian, V., Shook, A., Skoe, E., & Kraus, N. (2012). Subcortical encoding of sound is enhanced in bilinguals and relates to executive function advantages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(20), 7877–7881. doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1201575109.
Ministry of International Affairs and Communications. (2018). Daiyonkai senmoniinkainiokeru hiaringunshouchounitaisurutsuikashitumonoyobikaitou (keisatsucho). https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000582794.pdf.
Morales, J., Calvo, A., & Bialystok, E. (2013). Working memory development in monolingual and bilingual children. Journal of experimental child psychology, 114(2), 187–202. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2012.09.002.
Sebastián-Gallés, N., Albareda-Castellot, B., Weikum, W. M., & Werker, J. F. (2012). A bilingual advantage in visual language discrimination in infancy. Psychological science, 23(9), 994–999. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797612436817.
Statista research department. (2021, January). Total number of residents from Japan living in Australia from 2013 to 2019 (in 1,000s). https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080341/japan-number-japanese-residents-australia/.
Worldometer. (n.d.). Countries in the world by population (2021). https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/.
3. Advocacy Flyer
This flyer outlines the benefits of learning Japanese language and culture. It includes profiles of young people who used their Japanese knowledge and skills to successfully build careers in various fields of endeavor.
This flyer has been designed for printing two pages on one sheet (A3), which is then folded in half.
References
This flyer has been created by The JPF, Sydney with references to the following:
Cohen, A. (2020, March 20). Surprising study reveals what makes a good coder, and it’s not math. Fast company. https://www.fastcompany.com/90470552/surprising-study-reveals-what-makes-a-good-coder-and-its-not-math.
Commonwealth of Australia. (2017). Japanese investment in Australia: A trusted partnership-celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1957 Australia-Japan Agreement on Commerce. https://www.austrade.gov.au/international/invest/importance-of-foreign-direct-investment/japanese-investment-in-australia/report.
Walter, A. (2020, March 6). Learning to code? Strong language skills matter more than being good at math. Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/learning-to-code-strong-language-skills-matter-more-than-being-good-at-math
Other Resources for Advocacy
- The Japan Foundation, Sydney : Sensei’s Voices
The website provides articles contributed by teachers and educators on events and programs advocating Japanese language learning to the school community and beyond. Please share your experiences and any ideas with your colleagues! Here are some example articles below. For more articles please visit Sensei’s Voices!
The Advocacy kit was coordinated and produced by Minako Kadoi with assistance from Himiko Negishi-Wood. The advocacy brochure and flyer were designed by Kosaku Makino. We thank all the senpai for contributing their photos and stories. (April 2021)
