Archives for Japanese
Three from UNG selected for Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
Three graduating seniors have been selected for the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program, Aubrey Rost, Margaret Owens, and Katherine Wright, will teach English in Japan for 1 year.…
Two students win Fund for Education Abroad Gilman scholarship
Congratulations to Uriyah Davis and Phillip Ly for receiving Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship earlier this year. Davis and Ly won the Fund for Education Abroad (FEA) scholarship in late March.…
Four UNG students win the annual Japanese Speech Contest in Atlanta
Four UNG students won the annual Japanese Speech Contest in Atlanta on March 7, 2020, including the grand prize of a free round-trip ticket to Japan: Category 2 1st Place:…
Dr. Nishio publishes in the Journal of Language Learning and Technology in February 2020
Dr. Tomoe Nishio, Assistant Professor of Japanese, published an article on the NU-UNG telecollaboration project in February 2020. Dr. Nishio’s “‘Successful’ participation in intercultural exchange: Tension in American-Japanese telecollaboration”…
UNG Languages’ role at UNG
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese have a number of great educators who have a strong record in teaching and are…
Nanzan University-UNG COIL Projects
UNG faculty have incorporated COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) projects in their Fall 2019 courses in collaboration with Nanzan University, Japan. COIL ( virtual exchange) is a cost-effective, accessible, and…
Dr. Nishio presents on student experience in COIL at IVEC 2019
Dr. Tomoe Nishio, Assistant Professor of Japanese, will present a paper on student experience in COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) at IVEC (International Virtual Exchange Conference) on Oct 25 in…
Summer Language Institute at UNG in 2019
Students in the University of North Georgia's (UNG) Summer Language Institute (SLI) gained experience far beyond the classroom this summer, said Clark Leonard, from University Relations. As part of the…
UNG Summer Program in Japan
UNG students successfully completed their intensive Japanese language program at Nanzan University and participated in the closing ceremony. They had a wonderful experience and made really good friends from various…
Sushi Night hosted by Japanese students
Ten Japanese students from Nanzan University on the NU-UNG COIL Program hosted a public event, Sushi Night, on March 1, 2019. They presented on the history of sushi and demonstrated…