Monday, May 18, 2009. What Do We Teach? The following list is simple, but true for any language. This simple breakdown does a lot to help me choose appropriate activities for my lessons. Which do you think is the most important? Things Your ALT Should Know.

I have used the lesson and these materials to teach the ABCs to Japanese kindergarten students in groups up to 50. The lessons are really quite simple, but the repetition works well for young learners. The kids are really enthusiastic and joyful, so the lessons are fun to teach. Good luck with your lessons! Tuesday, February 3, 2009. Click on the links .

To inspire, and maintain, parent-child English use at home;. To leverage your time as a teacher. To be low-cost, yet provide access to English picture books for the members;. And to provide external motivation to keep the parents reading to their kids at home.

I have been very fortunate to have the freedom to develop these methods and materials over 12 years in Shizuoka, Japan. Websites were produced to answer the need of schools and teachers in Japan who need easy-to-use and engaging ways to help their students become competent English speakers. Check out each site below.

For Teaching English in Elementary Grades 1,2,3 and 4. English 1-2-3-4 is for teaching young learners English, and also Communication and Conversation Skills, in a classroom. Wishing you the best results from your efforts! Tuesday, March 3, 2009.

Beginning with the introduction of the Eigo Noto text for elementary grades 5 and 6, new contents for this site has moved to. Sunday, July 27, 2008. The contents of the website at the end of June 2008 are based on Unit 1 of my own elementary curriculum. Japanese elementary school teachers throughout Japan face a daunting challenge of becoming competent English teachers. I hope that the contents of this website will contribute towards that goal. Sunday, June 29, 2008.

This site explains briefly the ConFluency Card Game. The activity was developed to encourage natural, fast-paced, student-centered conversation in EFL classes. It is played in groups of 3-4 people, and is suitable for classes up to 40 students. For complete information, go to www. There are 3 sets of ConFluency Cards. ConFluency Card Set One begins with turn-taking. Natural to conversation and common. Students respond naturally to t.

Monday, March 16, 2009. Helping Kids to Speak English. Almost everyone in Japan studies English in school for 6 or more years. But I think most will agree that few Japanese people are able to have even a short conversation in English. For years, and later living in Mexico; the 2nd and 3rd by living and working among native speakers, studying only a little.