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• Online 日本語キッズ - Spring

  • Start
    14 Apr 2021
  •  
    (MDT)
  • End
    11 Jun 2021
  •  
    (MDT)
  • Schedule
    36 sessions
  • Location
    Online by Zoom
  • Spaces left
    3

  Registration is closed

  EJCA　日本語キッズプログラムは　0才からの幼児が対象で、日本語による指導で歌、絵本読み、手遊び、クラフトなどを通して日本語になれることを目的にした親子参加型のクラスです。

  2018年に始まってから、2020年3月まで会館で行っていました。今回Covid-19の中で、ご家庭にこもりがちでお友達と接する機会が少ないお子様がちょっとでも、先生やお友達と一緒に楽しむ時間を持てるように、Onlineで歌、絵本、手遊びなどをする時間を計画しました。 保護者がお互いに話し合ったりする時間もあります。冬学期に続いて春学期を行います。

  参加費は会員1家族$40、非会員1家族　$60です。

  Onlineのため、１クラスは6家族程度までとします。水曜日（４月14日から６月9日の8回）午前10:00-10:45と午前11:00-11:45　は3才以上が対象、金曜日（4月16日から6月11日の8回）午前10:00-10:45は２歳以下が対象、午前　11:00-11:45は3才以上が対象です。

  （Wait listの方が増えたので、水曜日午前11:00-11:45　3才以上のクラスを追加しました。)

  質問などはevents@ejca.org へどうぞ。

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• Teens Japanese Class - Spring 2021

  • Start
    21 Apr 2021
  •  
    (MDT)
  • End
    23 Jun 2021
  •  
    (MDT)
  • Schedule
    10 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom

  Registration is closed

  
  

  Teens Japanese Language class for the Spring 2021 sessions

  EJCA offers 2 levels of the Teens Japanese Language classes:
  

  L1 - Total Beginner

  L3 - Beginner Advanced

  There are 3 terms, Fall, Winter and Spring. (e.g. L1-1, L1-2, L1-3)

  Textbook is "Marugoto A1: Rikai and Marugoto A2-1: Katsudo.

  All classes will include discussion of Japanese culture, conversation and other topics in addition to using the textbook.

  Refer to details of courses  details

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• Adult Japanese Class - Spring 2021

  • Start
    21 Apr 2021
  •  
    (MDT)
  • End
    23 Jun 2021
  •  
    (MDT)
  • Schedule
    10 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom

  Registration is closed

  Adult Japanese Language class for the Spring 2021 sessions

  EJCA offers 3 levels of the Adult Japanese Language classes:
  

  B1 - Total Beginner

  B2 - Beginner Intermediate

  B3 - Beginner Advanced

  There are 3 terms, Fall, Winter and Spring. (e.g. B1-1, B1-2, B1-3)

  Textbook is "Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese, 2nd edition.

  All classes will include discussion of Japanese culture, conversation and other topics in addition to using the textbook.
  

  Refer to details of courses details

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• EJCA Online Chess Tournament (2021 series) - May

  • When
    29 May 2021
  •  
    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (MDT)
  • Location
    online (check https://lichess.org/team/ejca-chess-team -> from there -> https://lichess.org/tournament/SICrMbu7 )

  Register

  Please join us for next regular online EJCA Chess Tournament!

  次の定期的なオンラインEJCAチェストーナメントにご参加ください！ 

  It comes at ‘no cost’, but we will need you to get familiar with the online platform, and with the rules, before the Tournament.
  

  This is a “EJCA members and family only”-event, and although totally free, we need you to sign up for this event as an EJCA member and to let us know your full name PLUS (very important!) your lichess-username that you will be using on that platform.

  So, what do you have to know? - below we have added few more detailed explanations, as some of you may be new to the lichess/lishogi platforms:

  WHERE: the ‘lichess’ platform at https://lichess.org/

  HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS: unlimited - the more the merrier! 

  WHAT to do in PREPARATION, and BEFORE the tournament date:

  1. On lichess: if you have not yet, register and create your very own user on https://lichess.org/ (Sign in - register - pick a user name and a password)
  2. On lichess: if you have not yet, head over to  https://lichess.org/team/ejca-chess-team and click “join the team”, write a short message to us, solve the Chess captcha and click the blue “JOIN TEAM” button at the bottom of the screen once more -> we will review this and add you to the EJCA Team room.  
  3. If you have not before, let us, your organizers, either via the registration-form HERE on ejca.org or per separate email to lenard@ejca.org know
     a) the player's real name,
     b) player's lichess user name,
     c) player's real email address,
     d) confirmation that you/your family are in fact a member of EJCA, then we can make sure to admit you to the lichess-EJCA-Team-room and also communicate before and after the event
     
  4. Register HERE on ejca.org for the event, especially if you are joining for the first time, so we can see the interest and collect most of the details already in the process.

     If TWO or MORE individuals of the same EJCA membership/family want to take part, please REPEAT the registration process here on ejca.org as many times as needed (multiple registrations) and provide the individual players details accordingly, one per registration
     
     Technically, if you are already a member of  https://lichess.org/team/ejca-chess-team  you can skip step 4, and show up on the day and time of the tournament.
      

  5. Note: Above steps 1-3 are needed only once per player - so you are good for subsequent tournaments - and actually you can play freely on lichess as much as you like even outside our EJCA team room

  WHY the lichess platform: lichess.org is ad-free, easy to use and fun to play with. You will build a rating, and you can analyze your games afterwards.

  
  Tip 2: if you are indeed new or fairly new to Chess, lichess also has some great resources to learn the game (https://lichess.org/learn#/) and some excellent videos (https://lichess.org/video) to get started. Enjoy!

  Tip 3: a top rated game is usually streamed live on https://lichess.org/tv - so head there to view a game in progress right now.  

   

  HOW will the tournament work: 

  • We will meet in our very own Team room (https://lichess.org/team/ejca-chess-team ) - in fact, as indicated in step 3) above, once you have created your lichess user, please let us/the organizers know (per separate email if not during registration) your lichess user name and your real name/affiliation to EJCA, so we can actually admit you to this, our own EJCA Team room! -> if you are new, please do that a few days ahead of the tournament, and NOT only on the morning of the tournament!
  • On the day of the tournament, -when signed in with your lichess user name - starting from the team room click on our tournament for that day and JOIN it and wait for it to begin. - so please sign in at least 5-10 minutes before the start.  
  • It will usually be an “Arena” style tournament, which means that players play as many games in an allotted overall timeframe as there are opponents available and willing to play on; you can pause and drop off earlier or drop in later, but that means less fun/less opponents for the group and you may be missing some vital points to make it to the leaderboard...
  • The tournament will automatically start at the designated time, and you will be paired at random with one of the other players, this repeats as long as the overall time for the tournament has not been passed. There are time controls in place, which are noted on the tournament settings.
  • If you have finished a game, you are placed back into the arena; please WAIT and you will be paired against the next available opponent as soon as one becomes available. 
  • At the end of the allotted time, a ranking will tell us who made it onto the leaderboard. The more games you fit in and win, the more points you will have earned 
    
  • All games are usually rated, so you will be building your very own lichess “rating” and can compare yourself to other users on the platform, even after our tournament has ended.
  • All of this you can try out ahead of our tournament on the lichess platform - maybe join one of the “daily rapid arenas” to get familiar with the look and feel and features of a tournament    

  If you are new, we hope you give it a try, if you have played before, we hope you return!

  We are curious who will be crowned the next EJCA Online Chess Champion.

  
  If you have more questions don’t hesitate to email lenard@ejca.org and we will be happy to get back to you asap.

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• コロナワクチン最新情報とアルバータ州のCOVID-19近況

  • When
    29 May 2021
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (MDT)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Register

  This seminar will be held in Japanese language.

  エドモントン日本文化協会会員の館野透医師が、新型コロナワクチンについての最新情報とアルバータ州におけるCOVID-19の近況を日本語で話します。

  エドモントン日本文化協会会員とエドモントン補習校保護者を対象にしていますが、それ以外の方でも、登録できます。
  

  参加費は無料です。

  登録していただくと、セミナーの当日5月29日(土)午前中に、Zoomのリンクをメールでお知らせいたします。

  ご質問はこちらへ　events@ejca.org

  エドモントン日本文化協会　役員会主催
  

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• EJCA Online Shogi Tournament (2021 series) - June

  • When
    19 Jun 2021
  •  
    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (MDT)
  • Location
    online (check https://lishogi.org/team/ejca-shogi-team ->from there-> https://lishogi.org/tournament/30z5tyER)

  Register

  Please join us for next regular online EJCA Shogi Tournament! 

  次回の定期オンラインEJCA将棋トーナメントにご参加ください！
  

  Shogi - the ‘Game of Generals’ or ‘the Japanese chess’ - played as early as the 16th century, and with a few interesting ‘twists’ compared to traditional chess.

  Even if you have never played before you can join the fun. 

  It comes at ‘no cost’, but we will need you to get familiar with the online platform, and with the rules, before the Tournament.

  This is a “EJCA members and family only”-event, and although totally free, we need you to sign up for this event as an EJCA member and to let us know your full name PLUS (very important!) your lishogi-username that you will be using on that platform.

  So, what do you have to know? - below we have added few more detailed explanations, as some of you may be new to the lichess/lishogi platforms - if you have played on lichess before, it will be all very familiar:

  WHERE: the ‘lishogi’ platform at https://lishogi.org/

  HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS: unlimited - the more the merrier! 

  NEW to Shogi?: You may find our beginners presentation helpful.
  

  WHAT to do in PREPARATION, and BEFORE the tournament date:

  1. On lishogi: if you have not yet, register and create your very own user on https://lishogi.org/ (Sign in - register - pick a user name and a password)
  2. On lishogi: if you have not yet, head over to  https://lishogi.org/team/ejca-shogi-team and click “join the team”, write a short message to us, solve the Shogi captcha and click the blue “JOIN TEAM” button at the bottom of the screen once more -> we will review this and add you to the EJCA Team room.  
  3. If you have not before, let us, your organizers, either via the registration-form HERE on ejca.org or per separate email to lenard@ejca.org know
     a) the player's real name,
     b) player's lishogi user name,
     c) player's real email address,
     d) confirmation that you/your family are in fact a member of EJCA, then we can make sure to admit you to the lishogi-EJCA-Team-room and also communicate before and after the event
     
     
  4. Register HERE on ejca.org for the event, especially if you are joining for the first time, so we can see the interest and collect most of the details already in the process.

     If TWO or MORE individuals of the same EJCA membership/family want to take part, please REPEAT the registration process here on ejca.org as many times as needed (multiple registrations) and provide the individual players details accordingly, one per registration
     
     Technically, if you are already a member of  https://lishogi.org/team/ejca-shogi-team  you can skip step 4, and show up on the day and time of the tournament.
      

  5. Note: Above steps 1-3 are needed only once per player - so you are good for subsequent tournaments - and actually you can play freely on lishogi as much as you like even outside our EJCA team room

  WHY the lishogi platform: lishogi.org is ad-free, easy to use and fun to play with. You will build a rating, and you can analyze your games afterwards.

  Tip 1: once you are logged in, you can select a ‘piece set’ of your choice, so if you struggle with the standard ‘Japanese Character’ piece set, you can select international or more symbolic ones which better indicates the available moves per piece.
  Tip 2: if you are indeed new or fairly new to Shogi (such as your organizers...), lishogi also has some great resources to learn the game (https://lishogi.org/learn#/) and some excellent videos (https://lishogi.org/video) to get started. Enjoy!

  Tip 3: a top rated game is usually streamed live on https://lishogi.org/tv - so head there to view a game in progress right now. Chances are, that if you are playing, you will also sometimes be featured on lishogi-TV! 

   

  HOW will the tournament work: 

  • We will meet in our very own Team room (https://lishogi.org/team/ejca-shogi-team) - in fact, as indicated in step 3) above, once you have created your lishogi user, please let us/the organizers know (per separate email if not during registration) your lishogi user name and your real name/affiliation to EJCA, so we can actually admit you to this, our own EJCA Team room! -> if you are new, please do that a few days ahead of the tournament, and NOT only on the morning of the tournament!
  • On the day of the tournament, -when signed in with your lishogi user name - starting from the team room click on our tournament for that day and JOIN it and wait for it to begin. - so please sign in at least 5-10 minutes before the start.  
  • It will usually be an “Arena” style tournament, which means that players play as many games in an allotted overall timeframe as there are opponents available and willing to play on; you can pause and drop off earlier or drop in later, but that means less fun/less opponents for the group and you may be missing some vital points to make it to the leaderboard...
  • The tournament will automatically start at the designated time, and you will be paired at random with one of the other players, this repeats as long as the overall time for the tournament has not been passed. There are time controls in place, which are noted on the tournament settings.
  • If you have finished a game, you are placed back into the arena; please WAIT and you will be paired against the next available opponent as soon as one becomes available. 
  • At the end of the allotted time, a ranking will tell us who made it onto the leaderboard. The more games you fit in and win, the more points you will have earned 
    
  • All games are usually rated, so you will be building your very own lishogi “rating” and can compare yourself to other users on the platform, even after our tournament has ended.
  • All of this you can try out ahead of our tournament on the lishogi platform - maybe join one of the “daily rapid arenas” to get familiar with the look and feel and features of a tournament    
    

  If you are new, we hope you give it a try; if you have played before, we hope you return!

  We are curious who will be crowned the next EJCA Online Shogi Champion.

  
  If you have more questions (or if you are a Shogi-pro and want to suggest some ways we can learn from you!) don’t hesitate to email lenard@ejca.org and we will be happy to get back to you asap.

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