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春ですね

皆さん、お久しぶりです。
JLPTの結果はどうでしたか？合格しましたか？

先生は、毎日、娘の世話で忙しいです。
これが娘の写真です。

先生に似ていますか？

今は学校の休みですね。
楽しく過ごしてください。
それと、休みの間に日本語を忘れてはいけませんよ。

ぞうさんの歌

今日、３年生の授業で「～は～が～です。」という文型を勉強しましたね。
練習帳に「象は鼻が長いです。」という文章が出てきたので、「ぞうさん」の歌を歌いました。
日本語の歌詞はこうです。

「ぞうさん」

ぞうさん　ぞうさん
おはなが　ながいのね
そうよ
かあさんも　ながいのよ

ぞうさん　ぞうさん
だあれが　すきなの
あのね
かあさんが　すきなのよ


中国語バージョンもあるそうですね。誰か、歌詞を知っていますか？


授業【 じゅぎょう 】lessons
文型【 ぶんけい 】sentence pattern / type of sentence
練習帳【 れんしゅうちょう 】exercise book
象【 ぞう 】elephant
鼻【 はな 】nose
長い【 ながい 】long
文章【 ぶんしょう 】paragraph / sentence / passage
出る【 でる 】appear / show oneself / come forth / come out / turn up (G2)
歌詞【 かし 】lyrics
バージョン【 ばーじょん 】version
知る【 しる 】know (G1)

茶道グループ

茶道yahooグループを作りました。
お茶に興味がある人は、グループに参加できます。
（SP日本語の学生と卒業生だけです。）
参加したい人は、こちらにメールを送ってくださいね。
sp_chado@yahoo.co.jp

シングリッシュ

新しいシングリッシュを３年生の学生から習いました。

「シォッ！！」

「気持ちがいい」という意味だそうですね。
ビールを飲んだ後に、「シォッーー！！」と言うのは、正解。
本当かなぁ・・・

英語のスペルが分かりません。

Talk on Chado and Tea Gathering

Talk on Chado and Tea Gathering will be held on Sunday 5 November 2006. Those who are interested in Japanese Traditional Tea Ceremony, please come and enjoy. During the talk and tea gathering, English translocation will be provided.
Please register and pay to Mdm Kartina Bte Sani (T2126) by Thursday 19 Oct.

One of our Japanese Language course student will perform Tea Ceremony afternoon, and also few of them are helping this event. I will be there too as translator :)

Date: Sunday 5th November 2006

Venue: The Japanese Association, Singapore
Talk - Auditorium (3F) from 10:30am
Tea Gathering - Ballroom (2F) from 13:00pm

Tickets: Talk - Free Admission, but need to register
Tea Gathering - $10.00 include sweets and tea

Organizer: Chado Urasenke Tankokai Singapore Association

Speaker: Mr Soko Shirahase

Mr Soko Shirahase represents Grand Master of Urasenke Tradition of Tea in Kyoto, giving a talk on Chado with the theme "Connect the world with A Bowl of Tea" and a demonstration with comprehensive explanation.
In the afternoon there will be four seasonally set tea gatherings held at the ballroom.

Study in JAPAN!!

MIAL Scholarship

If you are thinking to study Japanese language in Japan and be enrolled Japanese university in future, this scholarship will support your first year in Japan for Japanese Language study.
This scholarship will be offered every year, so keep in your mind as one of your option after you graduate.
Following information was provided by JUGAS (Japanese University Graduates Association of Singapore, http://web.jugas.org.sg/)

This is a scholarship programme jointly sponsored by the Hiroshima Singapore Association (HSA) and the Mihara International Language Academy (MIAL).
Under this scholarship programme, MIAL accept a student from Singapore who wants to study Japanese Language in the purpose of enrolling a university in Japan with a scholarship and HSA will also give a scholarship to this student.
HSA's scholarship will be funded by the Hiroshima Shinkin Bank.

Outline of this programme is as follows:

Candidate
A candidate is required to have a basic knowledge of Japanese Language, e.g. third level of JLPT.

Japanese Study
A student will study Japanese Language at MIAL for one year to pass the first level of JLPT to have a qualification to enroll Japanese university.

Condition
We expect a student will successfully get a first level of JLPT and enroll Japanese university.
However if he/she is unsuccessful, he/she doesn't have to refund scholarship.
Also student can choose any university in Japan (even a university out of the Hiroshima Prefecture.)

Scholarship
MIAL will give scholarship of 370,000yen worth by exemption of course fee and so on (see attached MIAL's paper for the details) and HSA will give 600,000yen (50,000yen per month) by cash.

Travel expenses and other expenses
MIAL and HSA won't bear any expenses besides the above scholarship and a student has to pay all necessary expenses including return air tickets, meals and so on.

Responsibility
MIAL won?t take any responsibility to damages and losses of student except it caused by MIAL's fault.
HSA won?t take any responsibility to a student.

Interested parties are to wait and see the next application will be informed by JUGAS around July or August 2007.

Japanese Cultural Events

If you are interested in Japanese Traditional Art of performance, please visit following events.

Japanese Pottery & Tea Ceremony
Date: 2 September 2006 (Sat)
Venue: National Library (Victoria Street), 3F
Seminar by pottery artist: 3pm to 5pm
Tea Serving: 1pm to 5.30pm
Fee: Free

Japanese Tea Ceremony (40th Cerebration between Japan and Singapore)Date: 9 & 10 September 2006 (Sat & Sun)
Venue: Asia Civilisations Museum, B1F (9 Sep) and 2F (10 Sep)
Traditional Tea Game Performance: 2pm to 3pm
Tea Serving: 1:45pm, 3pm to 5pm
Fee: Free

Job Available

One of IT company looking for SP graduates who can speak good Japanese and has the skills in HTML designing.
If you are interested, send your resume to Yukiko sensei at yukiko@sp.edu.sg. The closing date is 8 Aug 2006.

Here is the job details:

ROLE:
1.Create HTML pages by “hand-coding”
2.Create eFliers, eBanners, eAdvertisements and WebPages
3.Support day-to-day eMail Marketing Campaigns
4.Contribute in campaign reporting and periodic reviews

REQUIREMENTS:
1.Bachelor’s degree or Diploma holders
2.Working knowledge in designing HTML pages; database management and analysis
3.Candidates with experience in using Email marketing & eCampaign management tools such as KANA, EPIPHANY, SIEBEL, etc will be given preference
4.Ability to use MS Excel & write Java Scripts
5.Ability to speak Japanese will be an added advantage

日本人会の夏祭り

今回は日本人のHPに書いてある通り、会員以外へのチケット販売はしないそうです。
残念ですが、SP生も招待されませんでした。
ただし、SP在学中でボランティアをする学生は、夏祭りに参加することができます。
ボランティアの申し込みももう終わりましたね。
今回、参加できない人は大勢いると思います。
来年、場所が変わって、また多くの人が参加できるようになるといいですね。

夏祭り＆JLPT

皆さん、こんにちは。お久しぶりです。

もうすぐ日本人会の夏祭りがあるそうです。
日時：８月２６日（土）６時から１０時まで
場所：日本人小学校クレメンティキャンパス
チケットの販売はまだのようです。
詳しくは日本人会のサイトを見てくださいね。
http://www.jas.org.sg/JAS/index.aspx

それからJLPTの申し込みも８月から始まります。
試験日：１２月３日（日）
時間＆場所：未定
こちらも詳しくはJCSのサイトなどを見てください。
The Japanese Cultural Society
Midland House
112 Middle Road #05-00
Singapore 188970
Tel: (065) 63383428 / 63388964
http://www.jcss.org.sg/
Registration: from 7 August to 8 September 2006 (Monday to Friday, 2.30pm to 8.00pm)

みんながんばってくださいね。