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Introductory Lessons

Prefectural Orientation 2007 Workshops

 

 

Introduction Lesson Activities

by Martin McCloud

 

Intro Ideas 

by Mary Simmons

 

Self Intro Bingo

by Natasha Anders

 

Reward Systems

by Natasha Anders  

   

Self Intro Activity  

by Jon Sharp   

 

 

 

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Elementary School

 

 

Games from Englipedia

Over 100 games with English and Japanese!

 

Curriculum Ideas

Blank and example curriculum sheets with grade specific suggestions

 

School Japanese

School-related vocabularly, telephone Japanese, and basic expressions

 

 

 

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Junior High School

 

Activities

Under construction!  (作成中)

 

Low Preparation Games

Low on materials, high on fun

 

 

 

 

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High School

 

OC Activities

Intros and Greetings                    

Free Time

Ordering Food

Immigration & Going Abroad    

School Life

At The Doctor

Weather

Friends & Family/Describing People

Directions

Shopping

On The Telephone

 

 

Warm Up & Review

Fun things like puzzle printouts, tongue twisters and "big kid" games

    

Warm Up Bonanza  

by Susan Chiang

 

Teaching Debate

Step-by-step, lesson by lesson approach to teaching a debate unit by Chris Parsons

 

 

 

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Grammar Points

 

-Under Construction-  (作成中)

 

Any suggestions, send 'em here

 

 

 

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Elective Classes

 

 

Creative Teaching Ideas: Focusing on Reading Lessons and Sentaku (elective) Classes

by Natasha Anders

 

So you've been asked to do an Eikaiwa...

by Mary Simmons

 

Ideas for Teaching Sentaku (elective) Classes

by Akemi Wellington-Oguri & Colin Macleod  

    

Conversation Classes  

by Emily Smith 

 

 

 

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Special Needs

 

 

Everybody's Special: Creating and Managing Special Needs Classes

by Evan Terry-Whyte 

 

 

 

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Seminar Workshops

Files are MS Word, Adobe PDF, MS Powerpoint, and html.

(Organized by date)

 

 

Senior High School Meeting 2010: The 4 Core Components 

   

          Writing     (Susan Chiang)

          Reading   (Jon Sharp) 

          Listening  (Rick Beckley) 

          Speaking  (Joel Post)

 

Prefectural Orientation 2009 

 

          Self-Introduction Lesson Ideas 

          by Michael Kemp

 

          Junior High Lesson Activities  

          by Luke Highstead

 

          General Lesson Planning and English Note 

          by Matt Rosenau

 

 

Senior High School Meeting 2009: Teaching Overview

  

          Behavior Management and Rewards

          by Michael Kemp

  

          Teaching Methods / Lesson Planning 

          by Jonathan Sharp 

      

          Assessment and the ALT   

          by Joel Post 

  

          Effective Communication with JTEs  

          by Richard Beckley

   

          10 Simple Activities That'll Work Anywhere    

          by Zack Wood

 

 

 

Mid-year Seminar 2009

          Planning Communicative Lessons and Making Use of the Textbook   

          by Amy Brown   

    

 

 

Senior High School Contact Meeting Spring 2008: Teaching Techniques

Using Quiz Games in the Classroom

by Martin McCloud 

 

Collaborative Learning in the Japanese Classroom: Group work as a teaching strategy in the team-teaching classroom

by Natasha Anders

 

Reading

by Jonathan Sharp 

 

The Communicative Approach: Information Gap

by Kim Leadbeater 

 

An Overview of Common Teaching Techniques 

by Kim Leadbeater 

 

 

Mid-year Seminar 2008

Pheonix From the Flames: How to Make Unsuccessful Activities into Great Activities

Pheonix From the Flames: Improving Activities Handouts

by Martin McCloud

 

Everybody's Special: Creating and Managing Special Needs Classes

by Evan Terry-Whyte

 

Issues Facing Female ALTs

by Melissa Villarreal & Cynthia Smith

 

Creative Teaching Ideas: Focusing on Reading Lessons and Sentaku (elective) Classes

by Natasha Anders

 

So you've been asked to do an Eikaiwa...

by Mary Simmons

 

Japan: Post Honey-moon Phase

by Kim Leadbeater & Errol Packard

 

To Re-contract or Not to Re-contract 

by Kim Leadbeater

 

 

Prefectural Orientation 2007

Survival Japanese: Language & Culture

by Mary Simmons & Evan Terry-Whyte 

 

Welcome to Niigata (DVD handout)

 

Introduction Lesson Activities

by Martin McCloud

 

Intro Ideas

by Mary Simmons

 

Self Intro Bingo.

by Natasha Anders

 

Reward Systems.

by Natasha Anders

 

PA Presentation: You & Your Contract.

by Kim Leadbeater

 

PA Presentation: Potential Problems & Coping Stratergies.

by Errol Packard

 

Agano Regional Information Booklet

by Evan Terry-Whyte 

 

Joetsu Regional Information Booklet

by Colin Macleod

 

Nagaoka-Kashiwazaki Regional Information Booklet.

by Mary Simmons

 

Niigata Regional Information Booklet.

by Kim Leadbeater

 

Tokamachi-Ojiya Regional Information Booklet.

by Martin McCloud

 

Sanjo-Tsubame Regional Information Booklet 

by Natasha Anders

 

 

Mid-year Seminar 2007

Listening Tests? Boring! Creative Projects to Assess Your Students.

by Koichi Homma & Cindy Low

 

Finding a Balance Between Games and Learning.

by Martin McCloud

 

Ideas for Teaching Sentaku (elective) Classes.

by Akemi Wellington-Oguri & Colin Macleod

 

Creating a Curriculum

by Phil Cigan

 

Team Teaching Demo - "Improve your skills in Japanese and see how effective TT can be in Language learning!"

by Mary Simmons & Ms. Sakurai

 

Discover the Best Free Internet Resources Around.

by Paul Robertson & Kim Leadbeater

 

Japanese/Western Intercultural Communication.

by Errol Packard

 

 

 

Mid-year Seminar 2006 or older

 

 Why Team Teaching?

Ian Woozley

 

The Communicative Approach.

Ian Woozley

 

Utalising The ALT.

Valerie Rambin, Sonja Hucker, Johnson Kong

 

Motivation & Team Teaching.

Jessica Loh

 

English Club Activities.

Sonja Hucker

 

Planning & Presenting a Workshop.

Ian Woozley

 

Lower Level Classes.

James Couch & Martin Sedaghat

 

The Team Teaching Relationship.

Koshi Masahiro & Scott Hickerson

 

Music in the Classroom. 

Kirsten Phillips & Angela Drake

 

 

 

Elementary English.

Matthew Ferguson & Ho Yip Man

 

Trouble Shooting in Elementary Schools.

Mitchell McBroom

 

Activities for Team Teaching.

Shinobu Minowa & Conrad Hunt

 

Being a Municipal ALT: Reading Skills & Activities.

Ian Woozley & Takahashi Naohiko

 

Tips of the SHS ALT Trade:

Team Teaching Programmes & Projects

Ian Woozley

 

Intercultural Hotspots.

Adam Komisarof

 

Issues Faced by Female ALTs

Kelly Maher, Melissa Villarreal, Emily Winckler

 

 

 

 

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