From lacurej@UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU Mon Nov 3 17:18:09 1997 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 17:07:41 -0500 From: Nihongo Reply-To: NIHONGO@UTKVM1.UTK.EDU To: Multiple recipients of list NIHONGO Subject: Re: homestay ; ROMAJI + J-Chat Invitation Nihongo Discussion Group, V97, #32 ---------------------------------- PRO: Nihongo Listserve EX: Brian Patrick Benda To all interested: Two summers ago I lived in Kitakyushu, Japan, through a program known as Youth For Understanding [YFU]. They are a nationally recongized "Non-Profit Organization." The program is open to all people aged 15 to 18, and is respectively one of the largest exchange programs in the entire world. They are based in Washington D.C. and have scholarship contracts with numerous influential corporations and organizations such as Mazda and the United States Senate. I post this message for the purpose of getting the organizational name out for those that have posted an interest in finding more information on such overseas programs. If you wish to look into what YFU offers, please visit their website at http://wwwyfu.org. I appreciate your time and I hope you all find what you are looking for! Thanks! Sincerely, Brian Patrick Benda Moobakich International, Inc. Brian_Patrick_Benda@bigfoot.com The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee, USA BBenda@utk.edu -------------------------------------------------- >From szemp@access.ch Mon Nov 3 16:54:43 1997 Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 08:45:35 +0200 From: Sacha To: Nihongo@UTKVM1.UTK.EDU Subject: Answer to homestay I would like to add that the organisation: Experiment in international living offers homestays togheter with a month of japanise school for a very reasonable price. I actually dont knew any adresses in the States but maybe you will find something on the Net. My personal expiriences were so good that im actually thinking to go a second time this spring. Feel free to contact me for any additional information Greetings from Switzerland Sacha Zemp szemp@access.ch -------------------------------------------------- >From jay@ryugaku.isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp Mon Nov 3 16:54:43 1997 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 16:13:33 +0900 (JST) From: Jay Hubert To: Nihongo@UTKVM1.UTK.EDU Subject: HELP! Konnichi wa, My name is Jay Hubert and I am studying at Kyushu University in Fukuoka for the next year. I have two problems here that I hope somebody can help me with: 1) I brought a laptop with me to Japan running Win95 (English Version) in hopes that I would be able to connect with the network here at Kyudai. I have a standard 3Com Combo PCMCIA Ethernet card and I am connecting to the ethernet here using standard 10BaseT cable and I am plugging into active hubs here (Im actually taking the cable from working computers in the computer labs here, so I know the connection is valid). The problem is that the connection wont work with my laptop (Im not able to run any of my Internet applications when connected to the network)... however, I know that its not the physical connection, because my ethernet card light is active and blinking, and also I am able to recognize the workgroup of the other computers on the same hub as me through Network Neighborhood (although I am not able to open that workgroup). Also, I know that it is not a problem with my network configuration, because I went in and copied all of the Network preference settings from the computer I took the ethernet cable from. So I am wondering if maybe the problem is that I am running an English version of Win95? Is it possible that this would cause any problems? Are there any other possibilities for why this might be happening? Any suggestions would be much appreciated! 2)I am doing an independent research project for the program I am enrolled in and I am researching the Internet in Japan. However, I have found very limited resources for this topic (I need a lot of information on the physical backbone and structure of the Internet here in Japan in addition to general information about growth and use of the Internet in Japan) in English except for on the web. Does anyone know of any books, magazines, articles, or even more web sites with good information on this topic? I have about 9 months to research this, so even if resources arent readily available to me in Fukuoka, I would still appreciate any advice that can be given on the allocation of these resources! Thank you very much for your help and Im sorry if my first question was maybe a bit too technical, but I just found this mailing list and Im not sure exactly what is covered in it, so I apologize if my questions did not fall under the proper content of this group. Thank you in advance for any assistance that may be offered! Sincerely, Jay Hubert jay@isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp -------------------------------------------------- >From Shakehip@aol.com Mon Nov 3 16:54:43 1997 Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 21:23:58 -0500 (EST) From: Shakehip@aol.com To: NIHONGO@UTKVM1.UTK.EDU Subject: ROMAJI + J-Chat Invitation Hi ! Genki desu ! I'm trying to set up a few ROMAJI and Japan Related chats on the IRC and in my chat room, so if you're interested can you please get on my homepage' friendship list. The chats hopefully will be about 50/50 (50% Japanese/50% foreign) and hand picked according to interest, time and available. The reason for this is because everytime I ever go into a Japanese chat room, either everything but Japanese and about Japan is being discussed, or it's way over my head, so I wanted to create fun, friendly yet NIHON and NIHONGO centered chats. Please send me a letter telling me of some times you might be available, and whether you'd be interested in ROMAJI CHAT I (with Japanese willing to help you with your Japanese/(lower level), ROMAJI CHAT CASUAL (general chat, Japanese only), and or J-POP/LIVING IN JAPAN CHAT (in English for people who want to talk about modern Japan or Japanese.) Also include your times of availability and the region you live. Step 2 is to fill out the personal profile on my homepage. This is not a subscription to a mailing list. It puts you on my homepage friendship list. When Japanese people ask me to help them find people to chat with, I refer them to this list, and when you ask me to find you a Japanese person to converse with, I'll refer you to th list as well. The list will go up the first week of November. Information is located at: http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/ginza/2319/langex.htm the form (which links from there is located at http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/ginza/2319/myroom.htm and the main page to my homepage (just in case you're curious) is located at http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/ginza/2319 . All chats are free however there are several rules you must follow, the main one being that the chats are for people interested in Japan and the Japanese language and may not me used for ulterior motives. This includes harassing female members by asking them for their stats or picture. Individuals who try to test out *kanri* language (bad/forbidden language) to show off their Japanese will be booted without warning. All members have been instructed to forward offensive mails to their ISP. A final note, many of the Japanese members on our page have ICQ. This is a free program that lets you know when your friends are online so that you can send them instant messages and set up instant chats. Again, it is 100% free and can be downloaded at http://www.icq.com. It takes about 10 minutes. I think it would be great to have a list at the corner of your lap top of people who you can study, chat Japanese with or talk about your interest in Japan 24 hours a day... Thanks for reading my letter... and if you do visit my homepage, please be sure to sign my guestbook. Sincerely, EDO -------------------------------------------------- >From kschnei@nmjc.org Mon Nov 3 16:54:44 1997 Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 14:20:21 -0700 From: Keiko Schneider To: Nihongo@UTKVM1.UTK.EDU Cc: kschnei@nmjc.org Subject: Looking for female roommate for ACTFL convention Dear nihongo subscribers, Is anyone going to ACTFL looking for a room? >Dear female participants on '97 ACTFL, Please respond to me at kschnei@nmjc.org directly. > >My name is Keiko Schneider, and I teach Japanese at the University of New >Mexico. I have a room reserved for Thursday and Friday night at this >year's ACTFL conference, and they made a mistake of doing as double. >Instead of calling them to fix it to single, I am asking if any of you are >interested in being a roommate for two nights. > >The preference will go to a female with same schedule, staying Thursday and >Friday. First come, first served, but if I can't find anybody with exact >much, I will pick Japanese/Spanish teacher with closest match. > >Please e-mail to kschnei@nmjc.org with your name, and the nights you need a >room. Thank you for your help. > > >Sincerely, > > Keiko Kawanabe Schneider **If you have Japanese e-mail, send me one!** Japanese Instructor (MAT 23) US-Japan Center at the University of New Mexico, USA kschnei@nmjc.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My bookmarks: updated 10/17/97 page of links to Japanese language and Japan everything http://www.nmjc.org/center/personnel/Bookmarks.html Humble but promising class homepages. Japanese 201 http://www.nmjc.org/center/personnel/97201.html Japanese 301 http://www.nmjc.org/center/personnel/97301.html -------------------------------------------------- >From vlelizar@cityline.ru Mon Nov 3 16:54:44 1997 Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 12:32:13 +0300 From: "Alexandre V. Elizariev" To: "'NIHONGO@utkvm1.utk.edu'" Subject: proficiency tests Would someone help me to find some information on proficiency tests and may be give me some good advice. I would be greatly appreciated any reply. Sincerely, Peregoudina Lena. -------------------------------------------------- >From MSZEPTYC@Vela.filg.uj.edu.pl Mon Nov 3 16:54:44 1997 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 14:22:43 GMT+1 From: Mikolaj Szeptycki To: Nihongo@UTKVM1.UTK.EDU Subject: I need some vocabulary in Japanese Konnichiwa I've just started learn Japanese lang. and I have an idea of program wich help lern Kanji signs (all I've ever met in net were too expensive or didn't work with DOS) so I need as many files with japanese words in kanji,katakana and in english (or polish) as it's possible, if any one has it please contact with me. Mikolaj Szeptycki -------------------------------------------------- End of Digest NIHONGO is a internet distribution list devoted to discussions about the Japanese language, computers and Japanese, and Japanese culture as it relates to language. 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