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Japanese supplementary school provides supplementary Japanese education to Japanese residents living abroad. There are three major Japanese supplementary schools in
Australia
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, all designated by MEXT as a Hoshū jugyō kō, providing Japanese education to
Japanese Australians
are Australian citizens and residents who claim Japanese ancestry.
Japanese people first arrived in the 1870s (despite a ban on emigration in place until 1886). During the late 19th and early 20th centuries Japanese migrants played a prominent ...
and Japanese nationals on weekends.
Canberra Japanese Supplementary School
Canberra Japanese Supplementary School Inc. (CJSS; キャンベラ補習授業校 ''Kyanbera Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), established on 1 August 1988, is a Japanese supplementary school serving Japanese residents of
Canberra
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, Australia. It holds its classes at
Alfred Deakin High School
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in
Deakin, while it has its school office in
Yarralumla.
As of 2001, half of the approximately 60 students were
dual nationals of Japan and Australia.
Melbourne International School of Japanese
The Melbourne International School of Japanese, Inc. (MISJ; メルボルン国際日本語学校 ''Meruborun Kokusai Nihongo Gakkō'') is a weekend Japanese supplementary school in
Melbourne
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, Australia. It serves levels kindergarten through senior high school.
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Classes are held on Saturdays, at Oakleigh South Primary School in
Oakleigh South.
[Introduction]
." Melbourne International School of Japanese. Retrieved 2 March 2015. "校舎所在地 Oakleigh South Primary School Riley Street, Oakleigh South VIC3167"
History
, a
full-time Japanese school, was formed out of the previous supplementary school, so a new supplementary program opened to replace it.
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There had been Japanese families who already had children enrolled in Australian schools at the time the JSM was established,
[ with many of them being permanent residents.][Marriott, Helen Elizabeth. ''Unlocking Australia's Language Potential: Profiles of 9 Key Languages in Australia, Volume 7''. ]National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia
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"The establishment of full-time schools left the minority of Japanese residents, mainly permanent residents who wanted their children to receive education in Australian schools, in a difficult position. It was mainly for this reason that in Melbourne the former part-time school was reorganised, now without much connection with the Japanese authorities, as the Melbourne International School of Japanese. It serves as a means of maintaining Japanese language competence of Japanese children who .. Therefore, there was demand for a new supplementary school.[
The MISJ first opened in 1986.][ Because the school had formed to replace the JSM, the Japanese government had little connection with the new supplementary school.][ MISJ began admitting non-Japanese students in 1995; these students were divided into small classes based on their Japanese proficiency.][
Previously the school held its classes at the Brighton Grammar School in ]Brighton
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The school later moved classes to the Kilvington Girls' Grammar School in Ormond, and then Oakleigh South Primary School in Oakleigh South.
Student body
In April 1995 the MISJ had a total of 232 students in the Japanese national classes, which included some part-Japanese students from mixed marriages, and 23 international class students. The Japanese national classes included 53 kindergarten students, 129 students in grades 1–6, 38 junior high school students, and 12 senior high school students. In 2005 the school had a total of 324 students in all divisions, including 315 students in Japanese national classes and 9 international class students. The Japanese national classes included 73 preschool students, 169 elementary school students, 3 junior high school students, and 30 senior high school students.[
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Japanese Language Supplementary School of Queensland
The Japanese Language Supplementary School of Queensland (JLSSQ; クイーンズランド日本語補習授業校 ''Kuīnzurando Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō'') is a weekend Japanese supplementary school serving Japanese nationals and Japanese Australians in the state of Queensland
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, Australia.
The institution consists of two schools, both with teachers from Japan. The Japanese School of Brisbane
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(ブリスベン校 ''Burisuben Kō'') has classes in St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School in Corinda
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and offices in Taringa
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Taringa is by road south-west of the Brisbane GPO.
The suburb of Taringa borders Brisbane's Mt Coot-Tha, Indo ...
. Japanese School of Gold Coast
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(ゴールドコースト校 ''Gōrudo Kōsuto Kō'') has classes in the All Saints Anglican School
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in Merrimac and offices in Surfers Paradise
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. The Japanese Language Supplementary School of Queensland. Retrieved on April 1, 2015. p. 4. "借用校舎:セントエイダンスアングリカンスクール (St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School)
11 Ruthven Street Corinda QLD 4075,AUSTRALIA, 事務所:The Japanese Club of Brisbane/The Japanese School of Brisbane Suite 17, Taringa Professional Centre, 180 Moggill Road, Taringa, QLD4068" and "借用校舎:オールセインツアングリカンスクール(All Saints Anglican School) Highfield Drive, Merrimac, QLD4226, AUSTRALIA 事務所:The Japanese Society of the Gold Coast/ The Japanese School of Gold Coast 25 Mawarra Building, 3108 Gold Coast Highway, Surfers Paradise, QLD4217"
See also
Full-time Japanese schools in Australia:
* Sydney Japanese International School
The Sydney Japanese International School (abbreviated as SJIS, ja, シドニー日本人学校, Shidonī Nihonjin Gakkō), formerly known in English as the Sydney Japanese School, is an independent co-educational Nihonjin gakkō (Japanese inte ...
*
* The Japanese School in Perth
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is a Japanese international school located in City Beach within the Town of Cambridge, Western Australia in the Perth area.
The school opened in 1978. Historically the school was located on the property of a local Australian school, ...
* South Queensland Academy
was a Japanese international school in Jimboomba, Logan City, Queensland. It was an overseas branch of a Japanese private school, or a ''Shiritsu zaigai kyōiku shisetsu'' ( 私立在外教育施設). It was a part of the Hills Educational Foun ...
(closed)
References
Further reading
* 飯島 健太郎. "Boys and Girls, be ambitious! : Canberra Japanese Supplementary School" (キャンベラ補習授業校での取り組み (特集 弁理士の海外研修・海外勤務)). パテント 66(9), 46–54, 2013–07. 日本弁理士会
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* 水上 徹男 (''Mizukami Tetsuo''). ''The Sojourner Community: Japanese Migration and Residency in Australia'' (Volume 10 of Social sciences in Asia, v. 10). BRILL
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, 2007. , 9789004154797.
* Yoshimitsu, Kuniko (Monash University
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Japanese school children in Melbourne and their language maintenance efforts
" DOI: 10.1075/japc.10.2.07yos. In: Jernudd, Björn H. (editor). ''Language Management and Language Problems: Part I. Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication'' (Volumes 10–11) 10:2 (2000). p. 255–278.
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