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56. Welcome Blue: Family BBQ

I tried the following speaking/listening/coloring INFORMATION GAP activity today at Preschool. The material comes from Welcome to Learning World BLUE textbook: Page 18 & 19: and the workbook, page 14: Divide the class into 2 groups: youn

    • 55. “Happy New Year!” “I don’t say that.”

      Have you ever felt uncomfortable when a student ignores you, or when they ignore another student? I have a student in one of my classes. She is 9 years old, she uses English quite well, including reading and writing. In our first lesson a

      • 54. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #9 & 10

        I was reminded recently that I hadn’t finished my comments and observations on Hiromi Kawahara’s “10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD”. 1. Focus on your own vision! 2. Communication activities are a must! 3. Don’t

        • 53. Halloween 2019

          With Christmas just around the corner, it’s rather a strange time of year to be writing about Halloween… but I’ve been wanting to share something with you since October. Like most English schools in Japan I guess, the pre-school I teach at

        56. Welcome Blue: Family BBQ

          52. READY Workbook Pg. 17

          It’s not the first time, nor will it be the last time that I post an entry about the LEARNING WORLD Workbooks. I think they are SO valuable, especially if you have Ss work with them during class, and not for homework. The READY Workbook pa

          52. READY Workbook Pg. 17

          51. English-Uplift 1-Day Seminars

          You know, I thoroughly enjoy teacher workshops and seminars. I love attending them, and I love presenting at them. I’ve always felt that working WITH other teachers, analyzing our teaching together, discussing the “why” behind classroom act

          51. English-Uplift 1-Day Seminars

          50. READY Workbook – vocabulary copying activity

          The feeling of success students feel with English often depends on the challenge level of the material they are using. If material is “too easy”, students’ motivation may suffer. If material is “too hard”, students’ self-esteem may suffer.

          50. READY Workbook – vocabulary copying activity

          49. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #8

          http://www.apricot-plaza.co.jp/en/advice-box/usage-and-methods/jikkkun: This post will look at #8: 8. Respect individuality! Each student has a unique character. Appraising a student should be compared with the student’s effort the pr

          49. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #8

          48. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #7

          http://www.apricot-plaza.co.jp/en/advice-box/usage-and-methods/jikkkun: This post will look at #7: 7. Make students use English Students are the ones who need to use English, not just the teacher. Teachers need to create an atmosphere

          48. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #7

          47. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #6

          http://www.apricot-plaza.co.jp/en/advice-box/usage-and-methods/jikkkun: This post will look at #6: 6. Importance of Reviewing Even if students think that they remember what they have learned, it is natural to forget. Do not get stuck wi

          47. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #6

          46. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #5

          http://www.apricot-plaza.co.jp/en/advice-box/usage-and-methods/jikkkun: This post will look at #5: 5. A Textbook is not everything! Textbooks are just tools. It’s all up to teachers to make or break. Teachers must adjust how to use th

          46. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #5

          45. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #4

          http://www.apricot-plaza.co.jp/en/advice-box/usage-and-methods/jikkkun: This post will look at #4: 4. Evaluate your lesson on how successful each student feels. It is important that students feel “I said what I wanted to say in Englis

          45. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #4

          44. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #3

          In the coming days I’ll be posting my thoughts on each of the excellent 10 pieces of advice for Learning World teachers on http://www.apricot-plaza.co.jp/en/advice-box/usage-and-methods/jikkkun: This post will look at #3: 3. Don’t skip

          44. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #3

          43. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #2

          In my last post I wrote about the necessity of reminding ourselves as teachers of what’s important when teaching Learning World, and the “10 pieces of advice for Learning World teachers” on the APRICOT homepage – http://www.apricot-plaza.co

          43. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #2

          42. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #1

          Not a lot happens in the classroom during Summer Vacation… so it’s a good time of year to for to remind ourselves of Learning World’s important things – things that we can sometimes forget when during the year’s busy months. And there is a

          42. 10 Useful Pieces of Advice for Teaching with LEARNING WORLD #1

          41. Escargots

          There was discussion in our classroom yesterday about snails. My team-teacher colleague turned to the class and said “You know in France, people eat snails”. One of the students gasped audibly and asked “What?? Only snails??” It took me a

          41. Escargots