Teaching resources
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This page is dedicated to providing teaching resources to ALTs in Akita.
General Information
These things are useful at most schools.
- Books in the classroom
- Classroom English. Short phrases which your students (and fellow teachers) can learn the meaning of through repetition.
- Classroom Japanese Fun Japanese for your class!
- Course of Study The MEXT-issued goals of education.
- In-school projects Things to do at school outside of class.
- An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition for ALTs (PDF).
- Lesson Plans. How to plan great lessons for any age.
- Materials Clip-art, materials by country, links to ESL teaching sites.
- Music in the Classroom
- Rob's thoughts: Understanding Japanese school life. A former (2006-2010) ALT's explanations and reflections.
- School songs. Songs you're likely to hear or sing at school events.
- Team Teaching
- Useful Japanese
- Warm-ups
Elementary School
When teaching elementary school, the odds are good you won't visit every day. So, it's important to review the Course of Study and Elementary Lesson Resources and determine your goals. Do this with homeroom teachers at the beginning of the year, if possible.
General Resources
- Elementary Lesson Resources
- Elementary School Activities
- Elementary School Grades
- Course of Study - Elementary School (2017)
Specific Resources
- Making an elementary school box. Everything you need in a box you can take to school.
- Michael's example syllabus. Sample syllabus for planning out a whole school year.
- Books in the classroom. Books in English that students like.
- Dear Successor... An elementary school handbook of games for new ALTs(PDF).
- Country specific material
Old Textbook Resources
- Hi, friends!
- Eigo Notebook English breakdown of lessons. Please add your ideas.
| Elementary School Topics | ||
|---|---|---|
| User-submitted ideas for vocabulary, games, activities, lesson plans, etc. | ||
| General Topics | Conversation • Lesson Resources • School Activities • Elementary School Grades | |
| Lesson Topics | Fundamentals | Greetings • Introductions • Phonics • Emotions • Weather |
| General | Animals • Adjectives • Body Parts • Clothing • Colors • Food • Shapes • Fruit | |
| Time | Time • Days of the Week • Months • Numbers | |
| School Life | School Rooms • Classroom Objects • Subjects • Hobbies • Jobs • Sports | |
| Locations | Places • Directions • Where • Vehicles • Nature | |
| Holidays | Halloween • Christmas | |
Junior High School
General Resources
- Junior high school lesson resources
- Junior high school activities
- Junior High School Grades
- Course of Study - Junior High School (2017)
Specific Resources
- Rob's example flow plans Lessons take place over several days, so keep track of the flow from one to the next.
- Meeting with your JTEs
- Junior high school speech contest
- The Eiken Test
- High school entrance exam
- English Posters
Textbook Resources
- Junior high school English textbooks - List of English textbooks throughout the years
New Horizon textbook
Sunshine textbook
| Junior High School | |
|---|---|
| New Horizon | New Horizon 1st grade • New Horizon 2nd grade • New Horizon 3rd grade • New Horizon 2021 transition |
| Other Topics | JHS Grades • English textbooks |
Senior High School
- Senior High School Activities
- Senior High School Reading Comprehension Worksheets
- Technical Senior High School Activities
- Teaching Activities Teaching materials aimed at the JET Program. Elementary, JHS, SHS, Special Needs, and related articles.
- Englipedia SHS Activities
Prefecture-wide Projects
These are projects run by JETs around the ken that aim to give students a deeper and richer connection to the English Language. If you have that one student who just really likes you and really likes the idea of English as a living language, you should consider entering that student in one of these projects.
Also, these projects exist because we refuse to let the ball drop. If you have made good use of these projects, step up and give back by running one of them for others.
- Akita Jet English Contest.
- Junior high school speech contest.
- Akita Senior High School Writing Contest.
- International Day
MIC Booklet of JET-ALT Initiatives
The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) published in July 2023 a "Booklet of Selected Cases of Initiatives by the JET Programme's Assistant Language Teachers (JET-ALTs)," which compiles examples of various initiatives by JET ALTs across the country.
The Booklet is available for download from this page on the MIC website, under the section JETプログラム外国語指導助手（JET-ALT）活動事例集 (JET Puroguramu Gaikokugo Shidō Joshu (JET-ALT) Katsudō Jireishū; "Booklet of Selected Cases of Initiatives by the JET Programme's Assistant Language Teachers (JET-ALTs)").
Alternatively, it can be directly downloaded here
Eikaiwa
- Eikaiwa Suggestions for running an Eikaiwa
- American Slang For older groups.
Other teaching environments
Common problems
The Prefectural Advisors can help with all variety of problems, so don't hesitate to call or email them.
- Common problems for ALTs (Elementary).
- Common problems for ALTs (JHS).
- Communication problems. Causes and solutions.
See also
External Links
National Conferences
- The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) A nonprofit organization dedicated to the improvement of language teaching and learning.
Workshops
- AltagoraALT Agorà is a series of monthly free professional development events with the goal of improving the quality of foreign language education in Japan schooling system by focusing on the role and potential of ALTs (Assistant Language Teachers) in the classroom, and their relationship with HRTs and JTEs.
More External Links
- ALTs Online A collaborative website created and managed by ALTs for Japanese students in Akita prefecture who want to have fun improving their English.
- ALT Lesson Wiki & Activities
- Booklet of Selected Cases of Initiatives by the JET Programme's Assistant Language Teachers (JET-ALTs) MIC publication with examples of ALT initiatives across the country
- The Eiken Test
- Grant System for TEFL Certification CLAIR grant for JETs who acquire TEFL certification online
- A Guide To English Grammar And Writing
- An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition for ALTs (PDF).
- JET Activity Reports
- JET Resource Materials & Teaching Handbook (2007-2008)
- Teaching Materials Collection - CLAIR Publication with lesson plans and ideas.
- Togichi Prefecture's Three Wise Monkeys
- MEXT English Course of Study
- Music to practice grammar points
- Simple English Wikipedia
- Start a Pen Pal Project
- Barry Fun English Great worksheet templates
- Clker Single pictures only. Public domain.
- Discovery Education's Puzzlemaker Make crosswords and word searches.
- DLTK Bingo Bingo card maker.
- Dream English Excellent chants and music available free of charge.
- English-teaching in Elementary Schools in Japan Article by Daniela Nikolova.
- Englipedia's elementary page
- Eslflashcards Flashcards.
- Genki English Syllabus and lesson ideas are free, but materials are not.
- Kids Games. The rules for a lot of fun games.
- Lanternfish Boggles World ESL Resources.
- MES English Flash cards, karuta cards, and worksheets.
- Open Clipart Single pictures only. Public domain.
- Print-Bingo Bingo card maker.
- Public Domain Clipart Single pictures only. Public domain.
- Sendai JET Elementary School Page
- Teachers-direct Make word searches and Quizbuster.
- Teaching Activities Teaching materials aimed at the JET Program. Elementary, JHS, SHS, Special Needs, and related articles.
- Wikimedia Commons Single pictures only. Public domain.
- WP Clipart Single pictures only. Public domain.
- The Eiken Test.
- JET Lounge Junior High Page
- Miyagi's JET Community Junior High Page
- Sendai's JET Community Junior High Page
- Sendai JET New Horizon lessons
- Teaching Activities Teaching materials aimed at the JET Program. Elementary, JHS, SHS, Special Needs, and related articles.
| Teaching Resources | |
|---|---|
| Teaching Resources Top Page | |
| Elementary School | ES Activities • ES Lesson Resources • Eigo Notebook |
| Junior High School | JHS Activities • Grades • JHS lesson resources |
| Senior High School | SHS Activities • Reading Comprehension Worksheets • Activities Booklet |
| Other | Eikaiwa • Conferences • Materials |
