Introduction
Association for Japanese Language Teaching (AJALT) offers Japanese education programs for students from abroad in order to promote exchanges and mutual understandings among peoples of different languages and cultures and to disseminate information about Japan and the Japanese language. AJALT has developed Japanese language courses for the workplace to help students of the Japanese language use their skills at their workplace and broadly participate in the Japanese society.
Goals and Objectives
【Objectives】
AJALT’s courses are designed to teach students the language skills required for applying their skills at the workplace and building relationships with coworkers.
【Goals】
(1) Japanese Language Education for Diverse Students
AJALT develops a teaching methodology that works in actual teaching settings, supports individual student’s needs, and evolves over time. There is an ongoing conversation with each student to track his/her goals and with his/her employer and coworkers in order to develop an effective curriculum to help the student develop the language skills required at the workplace through high-quality coursework. A combination of assessment methods is used for meeting diverse learning objectives, and evaluation results are shared each time with the student. The courses enable student to evaluate their own work in order to encourage self-directed studies.
(2) Continuous Training
AJALT instructors go through ongoing trainings for continuous development of their teaching skills, as well as seminars on global geopolitics and Japanese government policies on immigration. The instructors have the teaching skills and a broad knowledge required for delivering the programs required to teach working adults.
(3) Dedication to Teaching
Fundamental to AJALT’s courses are mutual respect between the instructor and each student. AJALT instructors are committed to help the student further their careers and achieve their goals.
Establishment
February, 1977 AJALT is launched as a general incorporated association with accreditation by the Ministry of Education
July, 2010 AJALT becomes a public interest incorporated foundation with an approval by the Prime Minister of Japan
April, 2025 AJALT launches a Japanese language education program for the workplace, accredited by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Officers
TODA,Sawa（Chair and Chief Representative of the Japanese Language Education for the Workplace）
MIZUNO,Harumi（Managing Director and Principal）
MIYASHITA, Shinobu（Associate Managing Director and Vice Principal）
ISHIBASHI,Hiroshi ITO,Skero OKAWARA,Akio KATSUMATA,Michio KODAKI,Masako SEKIGUCHI,Akiko TAKAHASHI,Shuji HATTORI,Yoko
MATSUMOTO,Ken MIYAZAKI,Shigeko YOSHIDA,Yoriko （Directors）
SAKAI,Tomio OTSU,Osamu（Comptrollers）
Indtructors and Staffs
Principal, Vice Principal, Full time instructors 5（including Supervisory instructor 1）,Instructors 30, Staffs 9
2F Toranomon ES Bldg.
3-25-2 Toranomon Minato-ku,
Tokyo 105-0001, Japan
