Resources

An important part of the training takes place in Study Abroad programs. Our students go to Japan in their junior year, for intensive language programs and Japanese studies programs either in a Tokyo or a Nagoya area. A student may spend a semester or a year in one of these programs. They can choose home-stays with Japanese families or student dorms. There are scholarships that are available to those who choose to do study-abroad in Japan. If interested consult the Office of International Academic Programs (http://www.haverford.edu/studyabroad/) at Haverford or the Office of International Programs (http://www.brynmawr.edu/oip/abroad/) at Bryn Mawr.

Some of our students take advantage of summer language programs at reputable schools as well as a special resource such as the Japan-America Student Conference (JASC). JASC is a student-led exchange program where an equal number of students from the U.S. and Japan spend one summer month together, studying and analyzing Japan-U.S. relations.

Selected Resources

Scholarships

• Bridging Scholarship: http://www.aatj.org/studyabroad/scholarships.html
• Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship: http://www.iie.org/en/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program
• Chado Association of Philadelphia: http://www.phillytea.org/
• Critical Language Scholarship: http://clscholarship.org/
• The Kathryn Davis Fellowships: http://www.miis.edu/admissions/financialaid/scholarships/davis

Summer Programs

• Princeton in Ishikawa: http://www.princeton.edu/pii/
• Hokkaido International Foundation: http://www.hif.or.jp/en/
• Middlebury Language Schools Japanese School: http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/japanese

Tests and Conferences

• Japan America Students Conference: http://iscdc.org/jasc/
• Japanese Language Proficiency Test: http://www.jlpt.jp/e/

Career-related

• Boston Career Forum: http://www.careerforum.net/event/bos/?lang=E
• Ibaraki Christian University (Internship): http://www.gendaieigo.info/internship
• Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia (internship) http://japanphilly.org/
• JET: The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme: http://www.jetprogramme.org/

Others

• American Association of Teachers of Japanese: http://www.aatj.org/
• Ikebana International (Philadelphia) http://www.ikebanaphiladelphia.org/
• JFS "Learn to Create in tohoku" Projects:Learning from Tohoku Now and Fostering Hope for the Future http://www.japanfs.org/tohoku/en/
• Peer Tutoring http://www.haverford.edu/oar/peer_tutoring
• Shofuso, Japanese House and Garden: http://www.shofuso.com/