NINJAL Tutorials

Goals and Objectives of the Program

The purpose of the NINJAL Tutorial is to foster and support young researchers. This is a part of an Inter-University Research Institute's mission of "cooperation with society, contribution to society, and fostering of young researchers". A NINJAL Tutorial session is a training session where expert researchers provide instruction in current research methods and results.

Target Audience

Graduate school level, as a general rule.

• Graduate students (enrolled in master’s programs or doctoral programs)
• Those who have completed master’s programs or doctoral programs within the last 6 years, as a general rule.
• Those engaged in professions specializing in relevant disciplines
• Undergraduate students planning to pursue graduate programs, etc.

Tuition

Free (Textbook fee is required)

Other

• For each tutorial, a certificate of completion will be given to those who have met all the requirements, including attending all the lectures and submitting reports.
• Attendees are responsible for the cost of transportation to the site.

Details on Latest Events

• 40th March 7, 2021
  • "Corpus-based study of Japanese dialects" Lecturer: KIBE Nobuko (Professor, Language Variation Division, NINJAL)
    Venue: Online
• 39th February 20, 2021
  • "Spontaneous conversation in Japanese and Discourse Politeness Theory" Lecturer: USAMI Mayumi (Professor, JSL Research Division, NINJAL)
    Venue: Online
• 38th March 1, 2021
  • "Introduction to utilization of the Corpus of Historical Japanese: How to use “Chunagon”" Lecturer: OGISO Toshinobu (Professor, Language Change Division, NINJAL)
    Venue: Online

• Previous NINJAL Tutorials

Training Sessions

Online tutorial of the NINJAL Parsed Corpus of Modern Japanese (NPCMJ)

Date	March 13, 2021 (10:00-17:00)
Venue	Online
Outline	Details

The 11th Training Session on Using Corpora

Date	March 5, 2021 (13:30-16:00)
Venue	Online
Outline	Details

The 10th Training Session on Using Corpora

Date	March 4, 2021 (10:00-12:00)
Venue	Online
Outline	Details

2020 National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics Seminar for Teachers of the Japanese Language (Domestic)
"Dialogue system research and Japanese language education"

Date	February 27, 2021 (13:00-17:20)
Venue	Online
Outline	Details

The 15th and 16th Workshop for Utilizing Japanese Natural Conversation Corpus Transcribed by BTSJ (Basic Transcription System for Japanese)

Date	15th: February 6, 2021 (12:30-14:40) 16th: February 6, 2021 (15:10-16:40)
Venue	Online
Outline	Details

2020 National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics Seminar for Teachers of the Japanese Language (Overseas)
"Difficulties in learning Japanese as a second language"

Date	November 15, 2020 (9:00-12:00) (Eastern Brazil) [Tokyo 21:00-0:00]
Venue	Online
Outline	Details

NINJAL Lectures on Japanese Linguistics

Date	October 17, 2020 (10:30-12:00) (India) [Tokyo 14:00-15:30] October 18, 2020 (10:30-12:00) (India) [Tokyo 14:00-15:30] November 28, 2020 (10:30-12:00) (India) [Tokyo 14:00-15:30] November 29, 2020 (10:30-12:00) (India) [Tokyo 14:00-15:30]
Venue	Online
Outline	Details

• Previous Training Sessions