Practical and interactive workshops from well-known presenters to help you teach children more effectively. Pre-registration strongly recommended.
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Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto
(Co-author, Let's Go)
Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto has taught English and ESL in the US, and EFL in Japan for more than 20 years. She is co-author of the best-selling Let's Go series. You can find her online on her award winning blog, Teaching Village; her Wiki; on Facebook; or on Twitter.
Presentation: Bringing phonics into your English classes
Some say that reading is the gift that keeps giving. But in order to be able to read, it is essential that young learners are given the tools to help them along the way.
Without a good grounding in phonics, students cannot hope to be able to read.
Barbara will introduce some effective ideas for bringing phonics into your English program so that your young learners can start reading even from a very early age.
Presentation Schedule: Feb. 18th in Okayama / Feb. 19th in Osaka / Feb. 26th in Tokyo / Mar. 4th in Nagoya / Mar. 11th in Saspporo
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Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina
(Co-authors, Everybody Up and Magic Time)
With over 20 years experience in teaching young learners, Magic Time co-authors Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina continue to explore new ways to motivate and inspire children. More recently, they both also wrote Levels 5 and 6 of the new Oxford series, Everybody Up as well as the workbooks for Levels 1 and 2.
Presentation: Build English skills while discovering the world! CLIL for upper elementary students
CLIL stands for "Content and Language Integrated Learning." Through CLIL, content (the exciting world around us!) is acquired and processed in English through the four skills of listening, reading, writing, and speaking. The result is real learning. Join Everybody Up co-authors Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina as they explore how content and language can combine to create exciting learning experiences for your upper elementary, junior high, or private language school students.
Presentation Schedule: Feb. 5th in Sendai / Feb. 11th in Saitama / Feb. 19th in Osaka / Feb. 26th in Tokyo / Mar. 3rd in Yokohama (Charles Vilina only) / Mar. 4th in Nagoya / Mar. 11th in Sapporo(Kathleen Kampa only) / Mar. 18th Fukuoka
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Ritsuko Nakata
(Co-author, Let's Go)
Ritsuko Nakata is the co-author of the best-selling Let's Go series. she is president of the IIEEC Teacher Training Center, director of the IIEEC-OUP Teacher Training Certificate Program, advisor to Bunri Elementary School English Department, on the Board of Directors of J-Shine, and is a Specially Appointed Professor of Seibu Bunri University.
Presentation: Bringing more classroom management into your English classes
Young learners need routine to help them to settle into their learning. At the same time, too much routine can become very boring very quickly.
Ritsuko will introduce some effective ideas for how to master some key elements of classroom management and techniques such as how to use flashcards, while at the same time showing you how to keep the content fresh with lots of high-pace activities that keep your students on the edge of their seats.
Presentation Schedule: Feb. 11th in Saitama / Feb. 19th in Osaka / Feb. 26th in Tokyo / Mar. 3rd in Yokohama / Mar. 4th in Nagoya / Mar. 18th in Fukuoka
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Setsuko Toyama
(Co-author, English Time)
Setsuko Toyama is the co-author of the best-selling English Time series and the brand new English Time Pack for Elementary Schools. Setsuko is a visiting professor at Keiwa College, conducts teacher-training seminars at Tsuda College Open School and works closely with elementary school teachers of PEN (Primary English in Niigata).
Presentation: Bringing cross-curricular projects into your English classes
Although many students and their parents think of English as just another school subject, English is actually a means of communication. This is why English is most effectively learnt when it is part of a content-based curriculum. Setsuko will
introduce some effective ideas for bringing project work into your English program, whether you are teaching at elementary school or a private language school.
Presentation Schedule: Feb. 5th in Sendai / Feb. 11th in Saitama / Feb. 12th in Niigata / Feb. 19th in Osaka / Feb. 26th in Tokyo / Mar. 3rd in Yokohama / Mar. 4th in Nagoya / Mar. 11th in Sapporo / Mar. 18th in Fukuoka |
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Marco Brazil
(Director, Beans International)
Marco Brazil is the director of Beans International as well as owner of Smartkids Circle. He has been teaching children and training teachers for over fifteen years. Marco has a degree in Psychology and a degree in Developmental Communication.
Presentation: Bringing fun and easy phonics into your English classes
Some say that reading is the gift that keeps giving. But in order to be able to read, it is essential that young learners are given the tools to help them along the way.
Without a good grounding in phonics, students cannot hope to be able to read.
Marco will introduce some effective ideas for bringing phonics into your English program so that your young learners can start reading even from a very early age.
Presentation Schedule:
Feb. 12th in Niigata / Mar. 17th in Tsukuba
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Kevin Churchley
(Tezukayama Gakuin Shogakko)
Kevin Churchley has been teaching English to children in Japan
and Singapore for more than twenty years. He is currently
teaching at Tezukayama Gakuin Shogakko in Osaka. Like his
joyful lessons, Kevin's presentations always draw smiles from the
participants.
Presentation: Bringing storytelling into the English classroom
Stories are a natural way for all children to learn even in their own native language. It is no different for learners of English as stories provide children with a sense of familiarity.
Kevin will introduce some wonderful activities and ideas of how to bring stories into the classroom as well as some ways to progress to students reading on their own as they grow.
Presentation Schedule:
Feb. 5th in Sendai / Feb. 12th in Niigata / Feb. 19th in Osaka / Feb. 26th in Tokyo / Mar. 4th in Nagoya / Mar. 11th in Sapporo / Mar. 18th Fukuoka
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Aurora Dobashi
(Saitama Board of Education)
Aurora Dobashi is the founder and president of Filipino English Teachers in Japan (FETJ). She is an experienced teacher and teacher trainer whose presentations are always informative and fun.
Presentation: Bringing more classroom management into your English classes
Young learners need routine to help them to settle into their learning. At the same time, too much routine can become very boring very quickly.
Aurora will introduce some effective ideas for how to master some key elements of classroom management and techniques such as how to use flashcards, while at the same time showing you how to keep the content fresh with lots of high-pace activities that keep your students on the edge of their seats.
Presentation Schedule: Mar. 17th in Tsukuba
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Yumiko Igawa
(Noah Gaigo Gakuin)
Yumiko Igawa is a very experienced teacher and teacher-trainer conscious about improving English education for young learners. She is programme coordinator at Noah Gaigo Gakuin in Tochigi and is also a qualified IIEEC trainer.
Presentation: Bringing more classroom management into your English classes
Young learners need routine to help them to settle into their learning. At the same time, too much routine can become very boring very quickly.
Ritsuko will introduce some effective ideas for how to master some key elements of classroom management and techniques such as how to use flashcards, while at the same time showing you how to keep the content fresh with lots of high-pace activities that keep your students on the edge of their seats.
Presentation Schedule: Feb. 5th in Sendai
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Eric Kane
(ELF Learning)
Eric Kane runs a children's English school in Shiga and is a very popular teacher trainer/presenter. He likes good pizza and long walks on the beach.
Presentation: Bringing songs and chants into your English classroom
Have you ever had a tune stuck in your head? Songs and chants are a wonderful way to teach English - especially to children.
Eric will introduce a number of songs and techniques for teaching them that will help you to reduce time spent on planning your lessons!
Presentation Schedule: Feb. 18th in Okayama
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Devon Thagard
(Super Simple Learning)
Devon Thagard is a co-founder of Super Simple Learning. His
presentation style makes it easy for anyone to introduce songs
into the English classroom. He is from Los Angeles, California
and has a BA in Psychology from San Diego State University and
studied in the Second Language Studies MA progam at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa. He and Troy McDonald (co-founders of Super
Simple Learning) wrote 40 of the 100 songs that appear in the exciting new
series, Everybody Up from Oxford University Press.
Presentation: Bringing songs and chants into your English classes
Have you ever had a tune stuck in your head? Songs and chants are a wonderful way to teach English - especially to children.
Devon will introduce a number of songs and techniques for teaching them that will help you to reduce time spent on planning your lessons!
Presentation Schedule: Mar. 17th in Tsukuba
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