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Companies/Organizations
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| u Nissan |
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- Atsugi Technical Center
- Head
Office (Technical Training Section)
- Oppama Factory
- Tochigi
Factory *1
- Mexico
Factory *2
- Nissan
Europe (Netherlands) |
| u Pasco |
- Head Office
- Manila
(Philippines) |
| u Britannica Japan |
| u Nihon Pigment |
| u Aoyama Law Office |
| u Venezuelan National Marine Transportation (Head Office) |
| u Compaq |
| u Sharp |
| u Hitachi |
| u Toray |
| u Yaohan |
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| Governmental Organizations |
| u Ministry of Foreign Affairs *3 *4 |
| u Ministry of Labor (Central Occupational Ability Development Association) *1 |
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| Educational Organizations |
| u Language and Culture Foundation *5 |
| u Kano Gakuen |
| u Tokoha Gakuen University |
| u Chubu Women's College |
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| International Exchange Organizations |
| u Japan Foundation *3 |
| u Shizuoka International Exchange Association |
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*1
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YDM courses
were implemented; one in Japanese pedagogy for appointed Japanese employees to be trained
as in-house language instructors for foreign employees; the other in language training for
Asian trainees invited by the Central Occupational Ability Development Association of the
Ministry of Labor. The 3-month intensive Japanese language course for the Asian
trainees attracted much public attention because, despite the duration, its curriculum was
equivalent to that of the 9-month intensive Japanese language course of Cornell University
in the U.S. [1990]
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| *2 |
Japanese
employees stationed at the factory were trained as in-house language instructors through
YDM teacher-training and they, in turn, taught Japanese to 200 native Mexican employees
over the 2-month period. This project contributed to the localization of the company
into the community. [1990-1991]
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| *3 |
YDM textbooks
and materials were selected by the Japan Foundation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for
the list of overseas gifts of Japanese language teaching materials, and distributed free
to Japanese embassies and Japanese language educational organizations all over the world.
YDM was introduced in the August issue of APIC, monthly magazine published
by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. President Nobuko Yokoyama was appointed as cultural
envoy to the U.S. and Hong Kong. [1989]
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| *4 |
President
Nobuko Yokoyama was sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as instructor on Japanese
culture to Stanford University and Willamette University in the U.S. [1992]
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| *5 |
A lecture on
YDM was presented at the 40th anniversary symposium of Language and Culture Foundation.
[1989]
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