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Toyota Language Center<br />

Toyota Language Center offers 12 comprehensive levels of <strong>Japan</strong>ese as well<br />

as specialized courses and workshops, including shodo (<strong>Japan</strong>ese calligraphy),<br />

three levels of English conversation (ESL) and a <strong>Japan</strong>ese language<br />

teacher training program.<br />

Clockwise from left: A shodo student learns technique hands-on from her<br />

instructor, Masako Inkyo. Photo © Shia Levitt. Students work together in<br />

their <strong>Japan</strong>ese class. Photo © Shia Levitt. Language Center instructor<br />

Mami Miyashita and her students. Photo © Shia Levitt.<br />

C.V. Starr Library contains approximately 14,000 volumes on <strong>Japan</strong> and<br />

U.S.-<strong>Japan</strong> relations, primarily in English. Use of the library is limited to <strong>Japan</strong><br />

<strong>Society</strong> members and Toyota Language Center students.<br />

Support for <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s Toyota Language Center was provided, in<br />

part, by Mr. Mark Goldfield and Ms. Mary E. Hatch, Mr. William Laurent,<br />

and Mr. Shinjiro Tsutsui.<br />

Did you know?<br />

Students in the Toyota Language Center’s<br />

<strong>Japan</strong>ese Teacher Training classes also<br />

assist the instructors with <strong>Japan</strong>ese<br />

classes, resulting in a very high student<br />

to teacher ratio!<br />

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