Dear Students and Staff,

Are you interested in learning more about the Japanese language and culture?

CAPLE is going to organise the following workshop for all students at Tung Wah College.

Details are as follows: Workshop on “Taste of the Japanese Language and Culture”

(日本語と日本文化体験ワークショップ)

Date: 18 June 2025 (Wednesday)

Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Venue: MKA 801

Quota: 40

Medium of Instruction: English / Japanese

During the workshop, you will learn:

◆ Japanese Alphabet (Hiragana & Katakana 平仮名, 片仮名)

◆ Basic daily greetings and self-introduction

◆ Differences between Japanese and Chinese ‘kanji’

◆ Daily life etiquette and social manner

About the Speaker

Dr. Hitoshi MURAKAMI (村上仁博士) has been teaching courses on the Japanese language, culture and society at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Community College of City University, and UOW College Hong Kong for nearly 30 years. He is

currently an Assistant Professor at UOW College Hong Kong and is serving as the Programme Leader of BA (Hons) in Japanese Studies. At present, Dr. MURAKAMI is the Vice President at the Society of Japanese Language Education Hong Kong (香港日本語教育研究会).

*** All Students and Staff are welcome ***

If you are interested, please sign up HERE (https://forms.office.com/r/dgYS2Luwf6) or simply scan the QR code on the poster. Confirmation email will be sent to you if you have registered successfully.

The workshop may be cancelled due to low enrollment. You will be notified in advance should cancellation be necessary.

*Please sign up only if you are 100% certain that you can attend. We enforce a 'no-show policy'. Students who have reserved a seat but fail to attend the sessions will be ineligible for joining the next session(s).

Should you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us by email ([email protected]) .

Warm regards,

Centre for Academic and Professional Language Enhancement

(CAPLE)