U.S.-Japan Seminar: The State of Teaching Japanese to Scientists and Engineers/May 1994/Pittsburgh, PA

该奖学金支持10名美国学者参加定于1994年5月在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡举行的关于向科学家和工程师教授日语的状况的美日研讨会。本次研讨会由匹兹堡大学东亚语言文学系David Mills教授和日本仙台东北大学日语教学主任Kazuo Otsubo教授共同主办。这次研讨会的目的是通过改进向美国科学家和工程师教授日语技术的方法，从而加强美国的科学基础设施，从而使他们能够与日本同事进行更高水平的合作。研讨会将着重于对现有项目的回顾，对教学问题的讨论，以及对未来最有成效的方向的考虑。此外，研讨会将探讨如何促进科学家和工程师与日语专家之间更好的合作。进一步的目标是建立关系，使美国学生有更多的机会在适当的科学环境中花时间在日本掌握语言。＊＊＊

9315263 Mills This awards supports the participation of 10 U.S. scholars in a U.S.-Japan Seminar on The State of Teaching Japanese to Scientists and Engineers, scheduled for May 1994 in Pittsburgh, PA. The co-organizers of the seminar are Professor David Mills, Department of East Asian Language and Literature, University of Pittsburgh, and Professor Kazuo Otsubo, Director of Japanese Language Teaching, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. The objective of the seminar is to strengthen the infrastructure of science in the United States by leading to improved methods of teaching technical Japanese to U.S. scientists and engineers, thus enabling a greater level of collaboration with their Japanese colleagues. The seminar will focus on a review of existing programs, discussion of pedagogical issues, and consideration of what directions are the most fruitful for the future. Also, the seminar will examine ways to foster better cooperation between scientists and engineers on the one hand and Japanese language specialists on the other. One further goal is to establish relationships that may lead to enhanced opportunities for U.S. students to spend time in Japan mastering the language in an appropriate scientific setting. ***