Beyond Kanji Teaching 2022: Hybrid Kanji Conference

Beyond Kanji Teaching 2022: Culture, Values, and Issues in Kanji Writing

The University of Edinburgh’s Beyond Kanji Teaching (BKT) project will be holding an online conference on 18th August 2022.

If you are interested in kanji writing, education, and learning, or interested in learning the skills to write beautiful and easy-to-read Japanese characters, we hope you will take part in this free conference. Adult Japanese language learners studying Japanese at university or as part of further/lifelong education are also welcome.

The project will start by questioning if it makes sense for Japanese language educators and learners to consider the language and culture of handwritten kanji characters. Through information sharing, exchange of opinions, self-training, and questions to experts, participants in the conference will re-examine the language activity of “writing kanji” in authentic contexts.

• Date/Time:

(10th August – 17th August: Pre-session @ virtual venue)

18th August 2022: Main conference (live online)

– AM (10:00-12:00): Discussion and Q&A session with speakers.

– PM (12:30-14:15): 美文字 Workshop

• Cost:

Attendance is FREE but registration is essential.

• Languages Used:

The speakers  at this event will be basically using Japanese. For those who would like to ask questions in English, there will be some breakout rooms with an English-Japanese bilingual assistant.

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Please click here to register for this event

Registration deadline: 12th August 2022 (Fri)