This volume contains papers presented at the first conference for teachers of Japanese in Australia. Section one of the volume contains the opening presentation, by J. Neustupny, which discusses current trends in Japanese language teaching in Australia. Section two contains nine symposium papers, which deal with problems in secondary curricula for Japanese in various parts of Australia: "Japanese Language Teaching in Queensland," by B. Bonning; "The Queensland Secondary Syllabus and Teaching of Japanese at Tertiary Level," by J. Ackroyd; "Teaching of Japanese in New South Wales," by H. McLachlan; "Problems in Secondary Curricula for Japanese, Victoria," by S. Wilson; "Teaching of Japanese in South Australia," by K. Nishida; "Problems in Secondary Curricula for Japanese in South Australia," by H. Quackenbush; "Japanese Teaching in Tasmania," by B. Cole; "Teaching of Japanese at Western Australian Secondary Schools - Problems of the Curriculum," by K. Boston; and "A Statement on the Japanese High School Textbook Project," by S. Pulvers. Section three contains two lectures, delivered by F. Koide and E. Jorden, respectively, and entitled: "Japanese Language Teaching in Japan" and "Language Teaching in the U.S.A.: the Cornell Paradigm." A final section of the volume contains syllabus samples from five different states in Australia. (AM)