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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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