Japanese Language
Instructor: Hiroko Kataoka
Hiroko Kataoka is Professor of Japanese at California State University, Long Beach. She has been teaching all levels of Japanese language
courses for 34 years, and Japanese teacher training courses for nearly 20 years. She also served as chief academic specialist at the Japan Foundation Los Angeles
Language Center from 1998-2001, assisting and cooperating extensively with K-12 teachers. Hiroko is the 2007 winner of ACTFL’s Florence Steiner Award for Leadership.
Hiroko has given numerous workshops throughout the US and in Japan on OPI, proficiency-oriented instruction, Standards for Foreign Language Learning, the AP* Japanese
Language and Culture Exam, and other pedagogy-related issues. She has also served on many regional and national committees and boards, including the Japanese
National Standards Task Force (chair), AP* Japanese Task Force, and the boards of directors for ATJ, AATJ, and NCJLT. She has organized a large number of
grant-supported conferences on Japanese teacher training, immersion programs, heritage learners, and national standards. Her current research focuses on heritage
speakers of Japanese, Japanese immersion programs, and young learners of Japanese in general.
Hiroko earned her BA in English Linguistics from Kobe College, Japan, and received her MATESL and Ph.D. in Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Hiroko Kataoka can be reached at kataoka@csulb.edu or at 562-985-4030.
Monday a.m.
• Introduction
• The AP* Japanese Language and Culture Exam
• The AP* Japanese Course Description; Exam Specifications; Teacher's Guide
• Designing an AP course: goals (level, content) and resources
Monday p.m.
• ACTFL Proficiency and K-12 Performance Guidelines
• Standards for Japanese Language Learning
• Writing a syllabus (to be continued on Wednesday)
Tuesday a.m.
• Interpretive Communication
• Looking at sample questions (Interpretive Communication): What should students be able to do? What needs to be taught? What should we do in class? What
resources can we use? (Listening and Reading)
• Scaffolding
• Making sample lessons using authentic text(s)
Tuesday p.m.
• Sharing sample lessons
• Interpersonal Communication and Presentational Communication
• Looking at 2009 (and 2010) test items, scoring guidelines, and benchmarks (Interpersonal and Presentational Communications: Writing)
Wednesday a.m.
• Writing: What should students be able to do? What needs to be taught? What should we do in class? (Topics include kanji and writing, Shared Writing, and using a
computer.)
• Looking at 2009 (and 2010) test items, scoring guidelines, and benchmarks (Interpersonal and Presentational Communications: Speaking)
• Speaking: What should students be able to do? What needs to be taught? What should we do in class? (Consider topics in the textbook)
• Assessment（formative vs. summative; pencil and paper vs. performance) and Rubrics
Wednesday p.m.
• Culture and critical thinking skills: What should students know? What should we do in class?
• The PAU Model
• Making sample lessons: Speaking and Writing
Thursday a.m.
• Making and sharing sample lessons (continued)
• Revisiting syllabi: What should be taught? What should be in your syllabi?
• Writing (or “improving”) and sharing syllabi.
Thursday p.m.
• Applying what you have learned about AP to non-AP courses.
• Discussion (Specific topics to be determined by Wednesday.)
• Q&A, summary, and evaluation
