Japan Foundation

Japan Foundation announces the following programs.

1. Japanese Language Education Assistants Program (J-LEAP)
This two-year program is designed to pair a currently teaching K-12 Japanese language teacher with an assistant teacher from Japan. These young, assistant teachers have training in teaching Japanese as a foreign language and are eager to work with teachers in the U.S.  Application deadline is January 24, 2012.  For more information, please see our website http://www.jflalc.org.vhost.zerolag.com/jle-j-leap.html.

2. JET Memorial Invitation Program (JET MIP) for High School Students
The JET MIP program provides 32 high school students with the opportunity to go to Japan for two weeks as a group to meet Japanese students, experience Japanese culture, and study the language. It was created in 2011 in memory of the two beloved American teachers of English who lost their lives in the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011: Taylor Anderson (Ishinomaki, Miyagi) and Montgomery Dickson (Rikuzen-Takata, Iwate). The program is open to 11th and 12th graders who are currently learning Japanese, and it seeks to honor the principles which Taylor and Monty valued during their lives.  For more information, please see our website http://www.jflalc.org/jle-12-jet-mip.html.