Nihongo Promotion - Starting a new program

The Japan Foundation Toronto & Alberta Education

Nihongo Promotion

Promoting and maintaining Japanese Language programs at K-12 level

Starting a new program

Web page links (promotional resources)

Why Study Japanese? Ten Reason to Study Japanese - Union College website, NY, USA

Why learn Japanese? 10 great reasons to start learning Japanese - Vistawide website

Benefits of Second Language Learning - Alberta Education website

700 reasons for studying languages - Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, UK

"New research by the Subject Centre has identified more than 700 reasons to study languages. This research will be particularly useful for marketing languages and should help educators to promote language study and design." - From the site. Try to search reasons by typing words such as "brain" "learning" and "teaching."

The National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL) website

The mission of the National Network for Early Language Learning is to provide leadership in support of successful early language learning and teaching. Since its founding in 1987, NNELL continues to be an invaluable resource for educators, parents and policymakers advocating for K-8 programs of excellence in second language education. - From "About NNELL" page

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