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the Japanese language and general interested readers.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the contributors who have given
permission to post their original writings on our web site for Japanese language education.
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Contributor: Norio Ota （太田徳夫） Coordinator, Japanese Section, York University
- 「日本語教師養成の新しい動
向−訓練から教育へ」 'New trend in Japanese language teacher
education - from training to education' (speech at Himeji
Dokkyo University 1992)
- 「恋をしなくなった若者たち」 'Young people who do not fall in love' (essay 1997)
- 「生まれの順位による性格 の相違」 'Personality traits according to birth order' (essay 1999)
- 「座右の銘」
'Favourite motto' (essay 2003)
- ｢岐路に 立つ日本語教育」 'Japanese Language Education at a Crossroads' (keynote for CAJLE, 2006)
- ｢異文化間コ ミュニケーション武者修行の旅（入門編）」 'Samurai-errantry trip for cross-cultural communication: Introductory chapter' (lecture at Dokkyo University, 2008)
- ｢ハバナで
会った旅行者の若者た ち」 'Young tourists I met in Havana' (essay,
2009)
- ｢日本にとってなぜ今カナダ なのか｣ 'Why Canada now for Japan?' (public lecture at Hokkaido-Canada Society, Sapporo, 2009)
- ｢相乗効果・感情移 入とコミュニカティブ・アプローチ」 'Synergy, Empathy and Communicative Approach' (lecture at Dokkyo University, 2011)
- 「標準
化を超えて革新化への可能性を探る」 'Searching for innovation beyond
standardization', a talk at Carleton University, March 18,
2018.
- 「トンボのメガネ」 'Eye glasses of a dragonfly' (essay series - received in 2014)
