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Interest from foreign language learners was limited prior to World War II, and instruction for non-heritage speakers was established more slowly. One 1934 survey found only eight universities in the United States offering Japanese language education, mostly supported by only one instructor per university; it further estimated that only thirteen American professors possessed sufficient fluency ...
Supplementary Japanese schools in the United States (25 P) Pages in category "Japanese international schools in the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Chicago Futabakai Japanese School (シカゴ双葉会日本語学校, Shikago Futabakai Nihongo Gakkō, CFJS; "Futabakai" means "two leaves" or "bud" organization, or "organization of growing sprouts"), alternately in Japanese Shikago Nihonjin Gakkō (シカゴ日本人学校, Chicago Japanese person School), is a Japanese elementary and junior high day school and Saturday education program in ...
The oldest U.S. Japanese weekend school with Japanese government sponsorship is the Washington Japanese Language School (ワシントン日本語学校, Washington Nihongo Gakkō), [20] founded in 1958 and serving the Washington, DC metropolitan area. [21]
The school uses the Japanese educational system curriculum. As of 1983, aspects of the Japanese curriculum offered at the school included art, English, Japanese, music, physical education, and social studies. In addition to the Japanese curriculum, students also take American social studies and extra English lessons. [1]
The Japanese Language Supplementary School of Houston (ヒューストン日本語補習校, Hyūsuton Nihongo Hoshūkō, JLSSH) is a supplementary Japanese school in Houston, Texas. Its classes are held at the Westchester Academy for International Studies. [1] and the school office is located in the Memorial Ashford Place office building.
Previously known as the Koby International Academy (コービィ国際学院 Kōbii Kokusai Gakuin), [4] the school was founded in September 1993, [5] by Yoshihisa Kobayashi, who, as of 2008, is the president of the school. Kobayashi moved to the U.S. in 1987 after working as an English teacher in his native Japan.
The Japanese Weekend School of New York (JWSNY; ニューヨーク補習授業校 Nyūyōku Hoshū Jugyō Kō) is a Japanese supplementary school in the New York City metropolitan area. It has its offices in New Roc City in New Rochelle, New York . [ 1 ]