THE ALT TRAINING PROGRAM

This 5 day Teacher Training Course is Japan specific. Built and designed for use in Japanese classrooms. The program is conducted by qualified English Teachers who have a combined EFL teaching experience in Japan of more than 20 years. Our teacher/trainors are currently teaching in different Boards of Edcuation as ALT's.

At the end of this course, the participants shall have gained practical knowledge in the following areas;

1. MEXT English Curriculum

2. Teaching Methodologies used in Japan

• Presentation Practice and Production
• Grammar Translation Method
• Audio-Lingual Method
• Task Based language Teaching
• Communicative language teaching

3. Using Games, music, chants in the classroom

4. Classroom Management

5. Computer Assisted Language Learning

6. Starting and Finishing a Lesson

7. Presenting a New Language

8. Giving Instructions

9. Asking Questions and Eliciting

10. Correcting Learners

11. Developing Confidence in Using English in the Classroom

12. Japanese Culture, Customs and Tradition

13. Giving Accurate, Clear Spoken model for Learners

14. Teaching in Japanese Public School Sytem

15. Making your own materials, worksheets, flashcards and handouts.

16. Lesson Planning

17. Teaching in "Eikaiwas"

18. Video Demonstration

This is a continuing training program, our teachers are currently engaged in a 30 day practice teaching program employing what has been learned in the training and workshops in a Japanese classroom setting.