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FRAMING PAIR AND GROUP WORK (GAMIFICATION): THE CHRIS-ROGER TEMPLATE
In spite of what the term might suggest, gamification is not fundamentally about fun. Gamifying a classroom activity can, as a side effect, make the activity fun, the…
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Family/Relationships Activity Module
This lesson, incorporating the popular Japanese animated series’ “Sazae San”, is a great way to teach family & relationships vocabulary as well as a variety of related structures.
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Mini Presentation Lesson “My Holiday”
This lesson is a short, simple speaking task for junior-high students. Students listen to a sample speech about a trip taken by their teacher, then make a similar…
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Letter From Nashville — Promoting the Idea that Great Teaching is Possible — Exit Tickets in Japanese EFL? — Part 6
How do you close the lesson in such a way so as to confirm what has been learned? This is what Exit Tickets are about. The priciple is…
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Activity Module: Teaching Gerunds and Infinitives
The lesson aims to introduce and practice infinitives and gerunds by introducing common phrasal verb and other common collocations.
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Letter From Nashville — Promoting the Idea that Great Teaching is Possible — 100% in Japanese EFL? — Part 5
In observing foreign teachers in Japanese schools, one of the things that I harp on is be jealous of the students’ attention. Especially if you are alone in…
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