Japanese Language
Instructor: Yo Azama




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Yo Azama is currently teaching Japanese at North Salinas High School and is a team leader of the Monterey Bay Foreign Language Project. He also serves as a College Board Advisor for AP Japanese Language and Culture Development Committee.

He has conducted numerous presentations and seminars regionally and nationally on various topics including; Motivational Curriculum & Syllabus Design, Classroom Management, and Effective use of Technology in World Language Classroom. In 2003, he served as a member of the Instructional Materials Advisory Panel for the California Department of Education. His teaching has been featured in the Teaching Foreign Languages K-12 Video Library by WGBH Boston in 2003. http://www.learner.org/channel/libraries/tfl/index.html

He also has been a recipient of numerous Teaching Excellence awards. Recently he was named the 2012 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year. http://www.actfl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=5308

2012 Session Outline

The Japanese AP Summer Institute is designed to familiarize Japanese teachers with Standards-based, proficiency-oriented instruction. The materials and activities in this institute will allow participants to gain knowledge about AP Japanese, National Standards, proficiency-oriented instruction, assessment, various instructional strategies and advocacy.

Tuesday, June 26
Becoming Familiar with the AP Japanese
Morning:

  • Introduction/Goals
  • Getting to know AP
  • Introduction to National Standards
  • The Topics We Teach
  • Overview of Proficiency
Afternoon:
  • End in Mind
  • AP Test Specification and AP Test Format
  • Reflection, Q&A, Homework
Wednesday, June 27
End in Mind-Assessment
Morning:
  • Integrated Performance Assessment for each mode (Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational)
  • Types of Assessment (Checks for Understanding, Formative, and Summative)/li>
Afternoon:
  • Rubrics
  • Creating rubrics
Thursday, June 28
Authentic Materials and Activities: Interpersonal Mode and Presentational Mode
Morning:
  • Activities for Interpretive Mode
  • Activities for Interpersonal Mode
  • Activities for Presentational Mode
Afternoon:
  • Sharing
  • Syllabus
Friday, June 29
Morning:
  • Syllabus continued
  • Staring up the AP Course
  • Program Articulation
Afternoon:
  • Technology
  • Advocacy
  • Participants Presentation
  • Evaluation/Reflection/Q&A

 
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