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■Mayumi Tabuchi: Teacher Talk in Team Teaching

2010/02/08

1. OverviewIn 2011, an English program called Eigo Katsudo is to be implemented into classrooms of 5th and 6th graders among all public elementary schools on a once a week basis in Japan. Preceding th…

■Mayuka Habbick: You can make your own chants. Your students can make their own chants.

2010/02/08

Last year in December, Ms Carolyn Graham and I had another workshop tour titled: "The "VERY" Special Workshop vol. 4" which was held in the three cities of: Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. This is the 4th y…

■Simon Goddard Weedon: It's Right to Write

2009/12/12

Coursebooks now offer us a stunning range of worksheets and photocopiables, BUT... Imagine the photocopier breaks down / you spill coffee on the sheets you prepared / you want to do one last review bu…

■Mayumi Tabuchi & Shaheed Rupani: iPod into Primary school EFL curriculum

2009/12/12

In the Fall of 2008, Ritsumeikan Primary School became one of the first elementary schools in Japan to develop an English curriculum requiring the use of iPods for supporting the autonomous language l…

■Junko Yamanaka: The Power of Extensive Reading

2009/07/07

Extensive reading is becoming very popular in Japan. People are finding out it is a powerful and easy way to acquire a language. "Extensive reading involves students reading a lot of easy, interesting…

■Devon Thagard: Pre-reading Activities

2009/07/07

Reading, like no other skill, empowers children to learn independently. Helping our students become confident, comfortable readers is an incredibly valuable gift.However, many children develop a great…

■John Wiltshier: Go with the Flow!

2009/04/03

Flow is an invisible force that affects every class. Some classes go so smoothly while others do just the opposite. There are many reasons why good and bad classes occur but more often than not a sign…

■Aleda Krause: Simple Activities

2009/04/03

Teaching Made Simple was the theme of this year's Pearson Longman Kids Tour. It's a good philosophy for us teachers to always remember when we are planning our lessons and teaching our classes. And it…

■Thanks for coming! Kids Tour 2009

2009/03/17

We would like to thank all of the teachers who attended the Pearson Longman Kids Tour. The ideas and activities that were shared during the tour will hopefully inspire you in the future and help you i…

■Akiko Seino: Looking in and out on our own Teacher Talk

2009/02/06

In primary education, teacher talk is a rich source of input for students. Teachers make efforts to talk to and interact with children based on their own assumption of what makes our input comprehensi…