2. Overview
Japanese school life
How to write a lesson plan
Team-teaching example
To make a lesson plan --- tips
Assessment
What JTEs want from ALTs
3. How to write a lesson plan
Basic procedures
1. Greetings
2. Warm up
3. Review
4. Presentation of new material
5. Practice
6. Consolidation
4. Lesson Plan
Procedure Time
(min)
Activities Notes
JTE ALT Students
Describe in detail
What you say, how many
students to answer etc.
Materials, objectives, notice etc.
This is for other people to see what you are
going to do in the lesson. It’s highly
recommended to include as much information
as possible
5.
6. Useful activities and resources
Word-Association Game
What am I?
Jeopardy
Bingo (and word bingo)
Karuta
Word Poems
Line-up and other workshop group games
Chain Story/ One- word-at-a-time game
My World/ 20 questions/ fruit(s) basket
8. Grammar Syllabus in Japan
1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade
Alphabet
Nouns
be verb
Verb
3rd person –s
Pronoun
present progressive
interrogative- wh-Q’s
can
commands
past tense
past tense
future tense
– be going to
auxiliary verbs- may, must
Infinitive
Conjunction
( if, when, etc )
Gerund ing
comparative
passive voice
- is done by x
present perfect
have -en/ed
relative pronoun
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11. How to write a lesson plan
Know your students
Use as many visual aids as possible
Show it, don’t explain it
Let students have fun and study
Be flexible and always prepare extra work
for higher level students
Make students practice in many ways
without being aware
Common mistakes: word order
12. Word order:
: translated from Japanese?
A: I got an A in the English test.
B: ( )
[ hear I’m that to glad ]
I’m glad to hear that.
I’m hear that to glad.
I’m that to hear glad.
17%
70%
14. Role of ALT in class
“THE” REASON TO SPEAK IN
ENGLISH
Model pronunciation
Present dialogues
Opportunity for real communication
More ideas
Evaluation
16. School report
Three times a year
1st
semester: April-July, 2nd:
Sep-Dec,
3rd
: Jan-March
Based on 5 exams a year, reports
and everyday activities in and out of
classes
17. English Grade (1-5)
Motivation and interest
Knowledge and understanding of
the language
Understanding
Expression
(A-C)
18. Speech / Essay Evaluation
Before
Discuss exactly what you want to
evaluate by the speech
Set clear goals for students
After
Set a clear standard before or after
the first couple of examples
19. Speech Evaluation ( example )
Example A B C
contents
Grammatically
correct and coherent
understandable hard to understand
length more than 40 sec 20-39 sec less than 19 sec
delivery Loud, fluent and
expressive
Fluent but flat slow
eye contact
preparation
can look up and speak
remember the text but
poor eye contact
don't remember what to
say or speak in words
21. What JTEs want from ALTs
With students
Speak slowly in easy words
(but not too slow)
Be an entertainer
Do not speak Japanese when there is a
student around (except for grammar)
Be friendly and easy to talk to
Keep them thinking positively about English
Be encouraging
22. What JTEs want from ALTs
About teaching
Teach stress / intonation / rhythm
Ideas are welcome
Help make the lesson plan
Ready to help out
Sound Comprehension Knowledge
word order, sound, vocab
23. What JTEs want from ALTs
With the staff
• Punctuality
• Socialize with other school staff
• Join school activities
• Join other classes
• Help with clubs
• Your job is not only to teach English
but also to be an ambassador for your
country!
