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in each class, on topics including “Written Characters,” “Ge-ography and Seasons,” “Cuisine,” and “Annual Events and Religion.” And in the course where students could already carry on conversations, whenever I created an opportunity to talk about Sarajevo, I found that the students became more active. I was able to teach Japanese while we were sharing each other’s culture. I myself learned a great deal from that.”Mechanically learning a language’s grammar and vocabu-lary will not necessarily provide a learner with prociency in speaking skill. Only when you are able to speak according to the context and the content of a conversation can you say The Japanese language courses at the University of Sa-rajevo were established four years ago. In accordance with the curriculum, each instructor took charge of two 90-minute classes ve days a week.“I structured the class around a discussion of a chosen topic each time, and we would sometimes incorporate Japa-nese topics,” Yumi reected on the course content. “In the beginners’ course, we had presentations on Japanese culture What We Couldn’t See in Japan: An Approach to Japanese Language Education in SarajevoIn the summer of 2016, with the support of the Embassy of Japan in Bosnia and Herzegovina, intensive summer courses in Japanese language were held for the public at the University of Sarajevo a year after a partnership agreement with that university and Sophia University was cemented. The instructors were Wakana Kawashima and Yumi Orihara of the graduate pro-gram in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language at Sophia University. Through their expe-rience in Sarajevo, both scholars learned valuable lessons as Japanese language educators.Student: 04Yumi Orihara & Wakana KawashimaChoice of Topics IncreasesStudents’ Motivation to Speak Japanese22Student

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