The 20th Annual Conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese (CATJ 20) took place at the University of Wisconsin on May 31-June 1, 2008. The central theme of this year's conference was “Toward Advanced Japanese Language Proficiency.” Together we explored the following questions:
- How can we conceptualize advanced language proficiency?
- How can we assess and assist learners’ development toward advanced language proficiency?
- How can linguistic features of Japanese and socicultural factors surrounding learners of Japanese influence their development of advanced language proficiency?
The information regarding the conference, including the materials used for the presentations, is available by following the links provided on the left. If you have any question regarding the conference, please send an email to catj20@mailplus.wisc.edu.
We thank all the presenters and participants (and the weather) for the success of this confernece!
Junko Mori
The CATJ20 Organizer
This conference was sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature (EALL), the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), the Anonymous Fund at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Center for Advanced Language Proficiecy Education and Research (CALPER) at the Pennsylvania State University, and the Northeast Asian Council (NEAC) Japan Studies Grant.
