** Community event unaffiliated with JETAABC ** From the Vancouver Japanese Language School website: What is the JLPT? The JLPT is a test for non-native speakers of Japanese which evaluates and certifies their Japanese-language proficiency. The test is simultaneously conducted twice a year in Japan and various locations overseas. Since the JLPT began in 1984, the cumulative number of examinees in Japan and overseas has reached 12,720,000 until the test in December 2020. Currently, it is the largest Japanese-language test […]

This month, on Tuesday, December 13th over Zoom, we will read Mieko Kawakami's “A Once Perfect Day for Bananafish.” This is a terrific prose poem based on J.D Salinger's “A Perfect Day for Bananafish.” Click here to join only December's meeting.  Additionally, we are collecting feedback in a survey about our JETAABC Yomikai. Please click here and respond by Tuesday, December 20th.