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2016 Third UC Learning and Teaching Languages Symposium
From Ideas to Action
Raising the Visibility of Language Programmes: Collaborative Project
with Enhancement by Social Media
Dr Masayoshi OginoSchool of Language, Social and Political Sciences, University of Canterbury
Raising Visibility
Collaboration
Social Media
French
German
Spanish
Chinese
Source: http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/july_school_roll_returns/6052
Number of students (Y9-Y13) by language
Japanese
French
German
Spanish
Chinese
Japanese
Advocacy“Spreading awareness
about the benefits of learning Japanese
and the good points of your school program”http://www.jflalc.org/useful-resources.html
Vision
Value Visibility
Constantly raise our visibility in the community
Tohsaku (2013)
Effective Advocacy
Be visionary teachers
Add value to Japanese language teaching
How can we raise visibility?
Collaborative Dance Video Project
Collaborative Dance Video Project
NCEA Japanese Workshopat UC
Practice and video shoot at each school
One month before the workshop day
After the workshop Edited video available on YouTube
June
2014
2015
2016
Education Gazette
NZ Universities Japanese programme
BAILANDO en la clase de españolSpanish Language Learners in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Fun! • Dance, music, language, culture, team
effort, collaboration• Learn, dance, watch and share
• Gives a sense of• achievement• unity • belonging to a learning community
• Vehicle for raising visibility
Collaborative Dance ProjectWhat is good about it?
JAPAStage 3
JAPAStage 1
JAPAStage 2
Interaction using Facebook
Secondary Schools
in Christchurch
Collaboration
Interaction using Facebook
Collaborative project work
with a university in Japan
Senpai & Kohai Session
Students’ study groups
Interaction using Facebook
UC Japanese Programme
A process of knowledge construction
Acquisition of knowledge and skills
Sociocultural approach to language learning
Conclusion
The visibility for advocacy can be raisedeffectively through a collaborative projectbetween schools with the support of socialmedia.
This could lead to stronger connectionsamong language learners and teachers, whichhas the potential to revitalise and enrich ourlanguage programme.
Creating New Synergies: Approaches of Tertiary Japanese Programmes in New
Zealand
