Japanese Calligraphy Workshop

Upcoming courses

Location: Sydney Language Solutions

Cost:

$100+ GST

Duration: 2 hours

Upcoming class: 22 November 2024

Upcoming class: 29 November 2024

Upcoming class: 22 November 2024

by slson 1 April 2015in Japanese Course

Course description

SLS offers a 2-hour Japanese Calligraphy workshops at our convenient Sydney CBD location.

In the first hour of this workshop, our Japanese calligraphists will give you detailed hands-on instructions in calligraphy brush techniques at Beginner Level.
Our trainers will then help you polish up your creative calligraphy skills slowly in the second hour.
The workshops will cover a wide variety of calligraphy so that workshop participants are able to focus on what they are most interested in – the writing, the skill of using brush, or both.
You can ask the teachers to help write your name and any specific words using the calligraphy technique.

We offer the 3 following Calligraphy workshops at our company. You are welcome to join any of them:

Japanese Calligraphy Workshop – Upcoming class on Friday July 19 2024 from 6:30 pm.
Chinese Calligraphy Workshop – every second Saturday of each month from 1:00pm-4:00pm. Click HERE for more information
Vietnamese Calligraphy Workshop – every third Saturday of each month from 1:00pm-4:00pm. Click HERE for more information

Who can attend?

The calligraphy workshop is appropriate for all levels of calligraphy experience.

What do I need?

Just bring yourself – we provide you with all the brushes, ink and materials that you will need for this creative and enjoyable workshop.

How do I book?

Register for our workshop now and join in the fun! Places are always limited so please book ahead. You can book your place now by online booking or telephone our office on 02 9283 9892.

Why Calligraphy?

Calligraphy can help to train manner, patience and it is always a great skill to master. This is an activity which can not only improve your personality but also boost team spirit as a great team-building activity.

Upcoming class:

Date: Friday 22 November 2024 – Friday 29 November 2024

Time: From 6:30 pm – 8:30pm

Where: Suite 302, 363 Pitt St, Sydney Sydney Language Solutions Office

Instructor: Toshiko Jackson

Japanese Calligraphy Workshop Videos and Pictures

Share this article

Teacher: Toshiro Osawa

Toshiro was awarded his PhD in Philosophy from Macquarie University in 2014. His PhD project involved translating a Latin text into English, which has never been translated into a modern language. Prior to his PhD, he completed his Master’s degree in Humanities at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He also earned his Bachelor’s degree in Russian from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

Teaching Experience:

Toshiro is a native speaker of Japanese and also fluent in both English and German. Before coming to Sydney to pursue his PhD, he held a position of German lecturer in Open Academy at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He also has extensive experience in learning different languages (English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Czech, Latin, and Ancient Greek). Based on these experiences, he has taught many languages as a private tutor to students of different ages: teaching Japanese to a German student; German, Russian, and English to Japanese students. All these experiences have contributed to his development of effective language learning strategies.

Teacher: Toshiko Jackson

M.A. in Asian Studies that includes Advanced Studies for teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Graduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics, Graduate Diploma in Japanese Applied Linguistics, Diploma in Education and BA in Arts. (All postgraduate degrees are from Monash University.) She has a publication in “Australia Language Matters”, ANU, on teaching methods in Japanese. Her M.A. thesis (32,000 words) was on Japanese corporate management and its car manufacturers’ overseas activities. It earned H.D. at Monash University.

Toshiko Jackson has been teaching Japanese language and culture in Australia for 26 years. She has taught in schools, coaching colleges, TAFEs, universities and corporate courses in Sydney and Melbourne in part time, full time and casual roles. Also, Toshiko has taught all Stages of HSC, Business Japanese for 4 Japanese multi-nationals’ training courses, the University of Sydney and RMIT. She taught for the Japanese Proficiency Tests, Levels 1 to 4. She was the Depart Coordinator of L.O.T.E. and Japanese Course Coordinator for the Certificate IV at Language Centre, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Melbourne for 7 years until the end of 2000. Additionally she was an interpreter and worked for translation in Melbourne for a few years. She migrated from Japan to Australia 31 years ago.

Student Testimonials

“The course material is very informative and well prepared. Tutor has very good teacher experience and knowlege.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, May-July 2014 Session)

“I liked the variety of study materials in the class. Not just handouts but we also learnt songs and given Japanese articles to look at.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, September-November 2012 Session)

“The teacher was fantastic! Her enthusiasm was so much fun.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, September-November 2012 Session)

“Toshiko was knowledgeable and passionate about Japanese. Her enthusiasm and education make the course very pleasant.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, July-September 2012 Session)

“Toshiko is very professional and knowledgeable. The overall course structure is good! ” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, July-September2012 Session)

“I like the relaxed nature of the class and class participation. Toshiko is wonderful! :)” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, July-September 2012 Session)

“Small class size; the course was paced pretty well, any more faster and I would have felt lost.” (Japanese Beginner 2 Student, June-August 2012 Session)

“Sensei Toshiko is a native speaker and has many years of experience. She is friendly and made sure to include a variety of activities. She also provided a variety of useful handouts from different sources.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, March-May 2012 Session)

“Toshiko Jackson is a very engaging teacher. I like listening to her experiences and her classes are very challenging.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, March-May 2012 Session)

“I would like to let you know that Ms. Chie Shattel was an exceptional teacher and she really helped me in learning the language before I had to go and answering the many questions that I had in regards to terms etc that will be useful to me in Japan. She is a very good teacher and a nice lady aswell, I am very grateful to you and to her for having me in the class, I really enjoyed it and am sorry I could not complete the rest of the course.” (Joe McKenzie, February-April 2012 Session)

“I have enjoyed the course and need to study more. The course is quite good value for money. The teacher is very good and gives a lot of attention and time for students. She is also knowledgeable and patient.” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, April-June 2011 Session)

“Chie is a great teacher to teach Japanese” (Japanese Beginner 1 Student, 2010 Session)

“I am finding the Japanese course very interesting and hope to complete this course and go onto part 2 as soon as possible. I think the teacher covers a large amount of learning material in the 2 hours of the class and does a great job of giving the class as much information as possible in the time available. I am really enjoying the Japanese for beginners course, I find Katsumi to be a very good teacher. I would recommend the course to anybody wanting to learn Japanese.” (Steve, Japanese Beginners 1)

“Thank you for the excellent private Japanese tutoring at Sydney Language Solutions! My tutors were well qualified, extremely helpful, and great teachers. I learnt Japanese faster than I thought was possible, thanks to their excellent teaching methods. The admin staffs were also extremely friendly and helpful.” (Sandra, Japanese Beginners)

Blog

Japanese Calligraphy Workshop

Upcoming courses

Course description

Student Testimonials