2025 TRAINING PROGRAMS for JAPANESE-LANGUAGE TEACHERS

The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa (JFJLI, Urawa) organizes 4 onsite training programs for those currently working as Japanese-language teachers teaching outside of Japan: “Basic Training Program”, “Japanese-Language Program”, “Japanese Teaching Methods Program”, and “Japanese-Language-Teacher Training Program to Accept Foreign Nationals”. The outline of each program is as follows.

• Program Outline (PDF:1.6MB)
• JFJLI, Urawa “Training Programs”
• JFJLI, Urawa “Former participants voice”(in Japanese)

 

1. Basic Training Program [Six Months] (for non-native speakers of Japanese)
2. Japanese Language Program [Seven Weeks] (for non-native speakers of Japanese)
3. Comprehensive Teaching Methods Program [Four to Six Weeks/Summer/Autumn/Winter Sessions] (for non-native speakers of Japanese)

Note: We are offering a self-study course for Japanese-language teachers, "Teaching Methods for JapaneseLanguage Teachers Online Course" on our website "JF Japanese e-Learning Minato," and we will gradually increase the content, so please take advantage of it.

JF Japanese e-Learning Minato website: https://minato-jf.jp/

Grant Coverage

There are no tuition fees. Participants will reside at the Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa (single rooms) and we will cover meals, and insurance for sickness and injury during
the training period. We will NOT cover airfare for US citizens.

Program Venue

Japan Foundation - Japanese Language Institute (in Urawa, Japan)

Application Deadline

Apply through Online Application Portal by 1 p.m., December 3rd, 2024 (Japan Standard Time) [8PM, December 2nd, 2024 Pacific Time]

Contact:

Click here and use the form to contact us with any questions or to inform us of your intention to apply to one of these programs (Select Anything Related to Japanese Language Education).

Notification of Result:  Within April, 2025

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1. [BT] Basic Training Program (Long-term)

Duration: September 2, 2025 – February 26, 2026 (tentative)

This program is a 6-month program designed for teachers who are early in their career with an opportunity to improve their Japanese-language skills, acquire the basic teaching methodology, and deepen their knowledge of Japan.

Past Participant Comments (Japanese Only)

2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012

Application Materials

• Download files (English) (ZIP:3MB) (Contents of ZIP File: PDF, Word) 
• Download files (Japanese) (ZIP:3.6MB) (Contents of ZIP File: PDF, Word) 

2. [JT] Japanese Language Program

Duration: May 28, 2025 - July 15, 2025 (tentative)

This program is a seven-week program designed to provide an opportunity to improve their Japanese-language skill which is necessary as teachers of Japanese-language. There will be NO lessons of Japanese-language teaching methodology.

Application Materials

• Download files (English) (ZIP:3MB) (Contents of ZIP File: PDF, Word) 
• Download files (Japanese) (ZIP:3.8MB) (Contents of ZIP File: PDF, Word) 

3. [MT] Comprehensive Japanese Teaching Methods Program

   Summer Course: July 15th, 2025 - August 28th, 2025 (tentative)

   Autumn Course: September 30th, 2025 - November 13th, 2025 (tentative)

   Winter Course: January 20th, 2026 - February 17th, 2026 (tentative)

Training Programs of four to six weeks duration, which are designed to improve the teaching methodology, will be conducted three times: in Summer, Autumn, and Winter in FY 2025. There will be NO lessons for improving Japanese-language skill.

Past Participant Comments

Madeleine Graham, Odyssey Middle School (San Mateo, CA)
Kristin Wingate, Cranford Public Schools (Cranford, NJ)

Past Participant Comments (Japanese Only)

2018 (Summer)
2018 (Winter)
2017 (Summer)
2017 (Winter)
2016 (Summer)
2016 (Winter)
2015 (Summer)
2015 (Spring)
2014 (Winter)
2014 (Summer)
2013 (Winter)
2013 (Summer)

Application Materials

• Download files (English) (ZIP:2.9MB) (Contents of ZIP File: PDF, Word) 
• Download files (Japanese) (ZIP:3.7B) (Contents of ZIP File: PDF, Word)