As a special arrangement this year, four lecturers were sent to train at Cornell University's Japanese Teacher Training Workshop and two are attending The Ohio State University's SPEAC program. The Cornell Workshop is taught by Cornell Senior Lecturers Robert Sukle and Naomi Nakada Larson. Mr. Sukle is director of Cornell's Intensive Japanese FALCON Program and a member of the ALLEX Japanese Teacher Training Board. Larson is the senior FALCON instructor and an Exchange:Japan alumna. Professor Mari Noda is director of The Ohio State University SPEAC program.

The curriculum of the regular ALLEX full-time- intensive Japanese teacher training program includes a lecture component (covering such topics as the basic principles of effective Japanese language pedagogy, classroom teaching techniques, the linguistic analysis of Japanese, and language testing); an observation component (during which participants observe and analyze actual Japanese language classes taught by master instructors); and a demonstration component (during which participants teach actual Japanese class sessions, which are videotaped and later critiqued by program faculty members).

All ALLEX lecturers are required to attend the program before beginning their assignments at partnering universities. The training program is also open to summer-only students. Participants range from Ph.D. candidates in Japanese literature, current high school and college instructors, and those just entering the field.