tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37766503715985774812024-03-14T05:16:57.739+09:00英語ノートEigoNoto.com英語ノートのための活動,レッソンプラン,アイディア<br> Activities, Lesson Plans & Ideas for Teaching the EIGO NOTOElton Erschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523300579964836528noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776650371598577481.post-74802719646588560632012-04-11T11:10:00.000+09:002012-04-11T11:10:58.458+09:00Grade 5 Lesson 4 Chant- I like apples. I like apples, too. I don't like apples.<div style="text-align: left;">An original Eigonoto.com chant for 英語ノート Book 1, Grade 5 Lesson 4, <i><b>I like apples. I like apples, too. I don't like apples.</b></i><br />
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I always walk into a classroom with a pair of dice in my pocket. In <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.jp/2009/03/how-to-use-dice-in-classroom.html" target="_blank">this post</a> I talk about many different ways they can be used in the classroom. <br />
For this song, using the dice allows you to choose months randomly. In the case of January (1), any repeat is counted as a 1.<br />
<h3 style="color: red;">TO PLAY THE GAME-</h3>The song/game can be played in two ways- either the chosen students must stand up, or sit down. I usually ask them to stand or sit until the end of the activity. <br />
After singing the song and throwing the dice to choose a month, students with a birthday in that month must either stand or sit. Continue singing the song and choosing students with the dice until you have all the students standing (sitting), or until time is up.<br />
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<div></div><strong><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">Getting Started</span></strong><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.jp/2010/04/doing-self-introduction.html">Doing a Self-Introduction</a></li>
<li>Greetings for <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/greetings-for-opening-class_31.html">Opening</a> & <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/greetings-for-ending-class_31.html">Closing</a> a Class</li>
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<div><strong><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">The Eigo Noto Class</span></strong></div><ul><li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/goal-of-eigo-noto-lessons-simply.html">The Goal of Eigo Noto Lessons- Simply</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-do-we-teach.html">What Do We Teach?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/pro-says-eigo-noto-can-be-used-flexibly.html">Pro Says Eigo Noto Can Be Used Flexibly</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/focus-on-what-students-already-know.html">Focus On What Students Already Know</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/where-do-we-go-from-here-and-motivation.html">Where Do We Go From Here?</a> Notes on Culture</li>
</ul><span style="color: red;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Lesson Planning </strong></span><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/lesson-plan-patterns.html">Lesson Plan Patterns</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/lesson-development-keys.html">Lesson Development Keys</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/09/activities.html">Activities</a> -many need no prep or materials!</li>
</ul><strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Teaching Conversation and Communication</span></strong><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/should-we-call-it-communication-class.html">Should We Call It COMMUNICATION CLASS?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/students-dont-have-to-speak-english-but.html">The Students Don't Have to Speak English, But...</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/11/teaching-conversation-skills-in-your.html">Teaching Conversation Skills in Your Classes</a> <span style="color: black;">(Why)</span></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/teach-conversation-skillshttpwwwblogger.html">Teaching Conversation Skills</a> <span style="color: black;">(</span><span style="color: black;">How)</span></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/communicating-with-sentence-patterns.html">Communicating With Sentence Patterns</a></li>
</ul><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Team Teaching</strong></span><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/team-teaching-made-easy.html">Team Teaching Made Easy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-team-teach-video.html">How to Team Teach Video</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/things-your-alt-should-know.html">Things Your ALT Should Know</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/04/things-hrts-alts-can-do.html">Things HRTs & ALTs Can Do</a> (English list) <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/04/things-hrts-alts-can-do-video-part-1.html">(日本語のビデオ, part 1)</a></li>
</ul><strong><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">In the Classroom</span></strong><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/please-speak-more-slowly.html">Please Speak More Slowly</a></li>
<li><a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-use-dice-in-classroom.html">How to Use Dice in the Classroom</a></li>
</ul><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-size: large;"><strong>EigoNoto Videos on YouTube!</strong></span><br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/eigonoto">Eigo Noto on YouTube</a></li>
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<li><b>How are you?</b></li>
<li><b>Today is....</b></li>
</ol>The following Lesson Plan-formatted activities detail these class-opening English points.<br />
<a name='more'></a><b>Materials</b>: Weather, Days and Months Flashcards to be posted on blackboard; Feelings flashcards. <br />
Blackboard materials are to be posted by Class Leaders before <br />
class begins. In the beginning, ALT leads Listening and Repeating, but over time this is to be done by Class Leaders.<br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/09/greetings-audio.html"><b>Greeting</b></a><br />
<b>Teacher to Students</b>- Listen and Repeat (some or all)<br />
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia, Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am) (pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.<br />
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<b>How’s the Weather?</b> -2 minutes<br />
<b>Materials</b>- Weather flashcards<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>- How’s the Weather? (flashcard)<br />
<b>ALT</b>- Ask Ss, “How’s the weather?”, then go thru each flashcard, saying each to ask Ss, ‘Cloudy? Windy? Sunny?’. Post the right flashcard on the blackboard. (Ordering the flashcards before beginning so that day's weather is the last card allows you to go through all the flashcards for practice every time.)<br />
<b>Students</b>- As time goes on, give the flashcards to the class leaders and let them do the activity.<br />
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<b>How Are You?</b>- 2 minutes<br />
<b>Materials</b>- Feelings flashcards<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>- How are you? (flashcard)<br />
<b>ALT</b> (later, class leaders)- ‘How are you?’, then one feelings flashcard at a time- students raise their hands and Listen and Repeat, “I am OO.”<br />
<b>Students</b>- Raise hands for your feelings when card is called out, then repeat “I am OO.”<br />
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<b>Today’s Day and Date</b>- 2 minutes<br />
<b>Materials</b>- Day and Month flashcards<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>- Today is... (flashcard)<br />
<b>Class leaders</b>- Put the day’s flashcards on the blackboard.<br />
<b>ALT & Students</b>- later, class leaders and students- Listen & Repeat “Today is Monday, June 28.” <br />
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after introducing and then Listening and Repeating a set of flash cards to a class, next have the whole class say the word on the flashcard <i>before</i> you do (or, <b>Repeat After</b> <b><i>Them</i></b>).<br />
Doing this is a user-friendly test for the students, because no student is being singled out to show if they know the word or not. Yet for those who don’t know the word, they get needed input from their classmates, and then from the teacher. And for those students who know the word, the teacher saying the word again afterward is also an effective way for students to double-check their own pronunciation. <br />
Just a simple twist, but my students responded very well to it!<br />
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<b>Points for further discussion and development could include</b>:<br />
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<b>The gestures of greetings.</b> For example, on the bottom of page 6, ask students what the see as the same as Japan, or different? Is there any other thing that they can see about how people in different cultures greet each other? Points might include touching, the closeness of the two people, and do they touch? How do you feel if someone stands too close? Or if a stranger touches you? Eye contact is very important for English-speaking peoples. An easy way to emphasize this is with a strong ‘PEE!’ at the end of the chant in this lesson (together with the final flourish of horns at the end). Emphasize that the PEE! is the time for a handshake and eye contact.<br />
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In the <b>culture of business card exchange</b>, the American style is quite casual, but the Japanese style is quite formalized. Giving and receiving the card with both hands, and then placing it on the table in front of you throughout the meeting are important in Japan. In the USA, cards are given and taken with one hand, and then often casually put into a shirt pocket.<br />
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<b>Culture of names</b>- Family name first or last? Discuss your home culture pattern (is it different for young people and adults?) and in Japan. For students, first names are often used in Japan. After school age, people tend to use only family names in work and business.<br />
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<b>Other ways to say ‘My name is OO.’</b> in other languages- Spanish- Me llamo (mei yamo) OO. Indonesian- Nama saya OO. <br />
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<b>On a teaching note</b>- Giving a sense of reality to the language used in the classroom is one of the most difficult things to accoomplish in the language classroom. Having the students write their own names onto the name cards in the workbook, or having them make their own on a computer, is a great way to help students get a sense of reality with the activitiy. In this case, it’s MINE. This same strategy can be used in other activities, by having students color in simple line drawings, for example. <br />
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<b>Points for further discussion and development could include:</b><br />
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<b>Interesting world gestures</b>. An easy example is Polishing an Apple in the USA, and goma suri (grinding sesame) in Japan. The idiomatic meaning is the same, but interestingly, the hand positions are opposite (apple- fist on the bottom rubbed by an open palm on top; sesame- upturned open palm on the bottom with a circularly-grinding fist on top). See this video for more. And see the back inside cover of the Eigo Noto book 1 for others.<br />
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<b>Research suggests that 60% of meaning comes from body language. </b>This becomes evident when we try to speak in a foreign language on the telephone- it is one of the hardest things to do in a foreign language!<br />
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Expressing meaning when we don’t know a word is perhaps the biggest challenge for language learners.</b> Developing skills in both expression and comprehension are important.<br />
Drawing is another common way to express meaning. See these links for <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/pictionary.html">drawing</a>, <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/dictionary.html">speaking</a> and <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/gestionary.html">gesture</a> communication activities.<br />
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<b>Points for further discussion and development could include:</b><br />
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<b>Playing Indonesian janken</b> (Muck Chee Baa).<br />
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<b>Counting to 999 trillion in English</b>, and demonstrating the counting system. (Students as a class are generally able to count to 999 in English with a little bit of help. Next, stringing numbers together, 222,333,444,555,666 for example, and teaching that each comma has a name (thousand, million, billion and trillion) is an easy way for students to understand).<br />
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<b>The Final Activity seems a little off-point.</b> The EigoNoto.com lesson activities focus on How Many? with Interview Bingo and Get The Picture activities.<br />
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<b>Lesson</b>: 4 (4 of 4)<br />
<b>Target</b>: What do you want? Making a Parfait<br />
<b>Materials</b>: EigoNoto; Parfait Glass prints for all- optional (page 41); color pens; Fruit Flashcards (see song) and Fruit pictures with magnets<br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/09/greetings-audio.html"><b>Greeting</b></a>- 2 minutes<br />
<b>Teacher</b> to Students- Listen & Repeat (some or all)<br />
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia, Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am) (pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.<br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/fruit-song-grade-5-lesson-6.html"><b>Fruit Song</b></a>- to the melody of <i>London Bridges</i>- 3 minutes<br />
<b>Materials</b>: Fruit flashcards (apple, kiwi, strawberry, banana, melon, lemon, grapes, cherry, peach, pineapple.<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>: Post flashcards in the above order. <i>And-</i><br />
I like everything! Except durian!<br />
<b>ALT/HRT</b>: Lead singing: “Apple kiwi strawberry, banana melon, lemon, grapes, cherry peach, pineapple. I like everything. Except durian!”<br />
<b>Students</b>: Sing along. <br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-do-you-want-chant-grade-5-lesson-6.html"><b>Chant</b></a>- review- 5 minutes<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>: <br />
What <i>clap 2X</i> What do you want? <i>clap2</i><br />
Lemon <i>clap 2X</i> Lemon, please. <i>clap3</i><br />
Here you are.<br />
Thank you!<br />
<b>ALT/HRT</b>: Take turns in leading students, and helping students to answer. <br />
<b>Students</b>: Sing along. Take turns suggesting fruit names.<br />
<b>HRT</b>: Give the fruit card to ALT at end of each round, saying ‘Here you are.’<br />
<b>ALT</b>: Take a fruit card from HRT at end of each round, and say ‘Thank you.’<br />
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<b>Introduction/Demonstration</b>- 3 minutes<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>: Several Fruit Parfaits made with parfait glass print and paper cut out pieces of fruit. Post large flashcards of fruit as a Menu. <i>And</i>-<br />
Hello. What do you want? <br />
Melon, cherries, grapes and apples, please.<br />
Melon, cherries, grapes and apples? OK. <br />
<b>Scene</b>: ALT/HRT tell students that we are in a Coffee Shop. One teacher is the clerk, the other a customer. Customer enters from outside...<br />
<b>ALT/HRT</b>:<br />
<i>Clerk-</i> Hello. What do you want? <br />
<i>Customer-</i> Melon, cherries, grapes and apples, please.<br />
<i>Clerk-</i> Melon, cherries, grapes and apples? OK. (Make the parfait.)<br />
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<b>Activity</b>- Get your fruits!- 10 minutes<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>- Conversation from previous Intro/Demo.<br />
<b>Materials</b>- Students’ cut fruit cards from EigoNoto page 69/71. Dice.<br />
<b>ALT/HRT</b>- Introduce activity. Use a dice to decide if even-numbered or odd-numbered students will be storekeepers first.<br />
<b>Students</b>- 1/2 of students make stores at their desks (odd- or even-numbered.) Other students come and get 1 fruit they want. Change roles. <b> </b><br />
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<b>Activity</b>- Preparation- Make a Parfait- 10-12 minutes<br />
<b>Materials-</b> Text (Or a print of the parfait glass on page 41). Parfait glass prints from text. Color pens, pencils, crayons, glue, scissors.<br />
<b>ALT/HRT</b>: Instruct students to use cut-out fruit pictures from textbook to make a fruit parfait on the print. They can also use color pens, etc.<br />
<b>Students</b>: Make a fruit parfait on the print.<br />
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<b>Show and Tell</b>- Option 1- 5 minutes<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>-<br />
<ul><li>A) What do you like?</li>
<li>B) I like A, B and C. What do you like? </li>
<li>A) I like X, Y and Z.</li>
<li>What's this? </li>
</ul><b>Materials</b>- Students’ own parfaits.<br />
<b>Students</b>- Make pairs and Show and Tell your parfaits. Use the question 'What's this?' if you see something and don't know what it is.<br />
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<b>Activity</b>- Guess Whose Parfait!- Option 2- 10 minutes<br />
<b>Materials</b>: Gather the parfaits the students have made. Post 4 students’ parfaits on the blackboard at a time.<br />
<b>Students</b>: The 4 students who made the parfaits on the blackboard come to front of the room. Everyone asks together, ‘What do you want?’ and the standing students answer in turn. Sitting students listen and try to remember who made which parfait.<br />
<b>ALT/HRT</b>: Lead all studentsto ask standing students 1-by-1, ‘What do you want?’. After all have answered, point to the parfaits on the blackboard 1-by-1 and ask ‘Whose parfait is this?’ to sitting students.<br />
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<b>Wrap-Up</b>-1 minute<br />
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.) <i>Or</i>-<br />
<b>HRT</b> to Students, in Japanese:<br />
-What did we talk about today? <br />
-Were there some words you already knew?<br />
-Did you learn any new words? <br />
-What was fun or interesting? <br />
-What was difficult? <br />
-How can we make that easier next time? <br />
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<b>Closing</b>- 1 minute<br />
<b>Students</b>: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’<br />
<b>Teachers</b>: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’<br />
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<b>Present the fruit parfait</b> students make to friends in pairs (a Show and Tell activity at the end of Eigo Noto Lesson 4).<br />
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<b>The interchangability of like, want, have, etc.</b> in the Q&A pattern <i>What do you <b>want</b>?</i><br />
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This lesson is a great time to talk about <b>the culture of food</b>. The Eigo Noto chant for this lesson includes the fruit names, and also- 'I like everything. Except durian!' Using durian as a lead in, it was very easy to talk about foods that people like in different places and different cultures. Durian is a food popular in Indonesia, but like natto in Japan, it has a really strong smell that for many is repulsive. Natives who have eaten local food since they were young find it easy to eat such foods. In my area of Japan, at the top of Suruga Bay, the raw <i>shirasu</i> fish and cherry blossom shrimp, or<i> Sakura Ebi, </i>are local examples. Others are eating dog in China, or <i>matsutake</i> mushrooms (they also have a very strong smell). For me, I use the examples of students eating all the parts of a cow- ears, lips, nose, tail, bones, skin, innards- everything. The repulsive feeling that many students have when I say this is the same as I have for eating the small raw fish <i>shirasu </i>or <i>shishamo</i>. Simply, NO THANK YOU!<br />
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<b>Some words and food names used in Japan have a different name or pronunciation</b> than commonly used in English (or the food's native land). Examples include: kimchee, cream puff (Japanese <i>shu-cream</i>), fried shrimp (<i>ebi furai</i>), hamburger (<i>hamu-bagu</i>), steak (<i>su-te-ki</i>), cake (<i>ke-ki</i>), salad (<i>sarada</i>), pudding (<i>purin</i>). Words include most found on pages 36-37 (including different accents- <i>baNAna</i> or Japanese <i>BAnana</i>).<br />
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<b>And some Japanese food names are common in English</b>- sushi, sukiyaki, <br />
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So much of what we as foreign teachers have to offer the Japanese education system is a different way of doing things. And for the elementary school Eigo Noto HRTs, we can do much to help them learn from our experience both abroad and in the classrooms.<br />
I have just put the book <b>Team Teaching Together</b> in the <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/p/eigonotocom-bookstore.html">Eigo Noto Bookstore</a>. It has more than 50 ways that HRTs and ALTs can interact and support each other in the Eigo Noto classes.<br />
Below is a short list of ways that we might use to do more from our side (the ALT) to rally the support of the HRT in the Eigo Noto classes.<br />
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<ul><li>Ask and encourage the HRT to stand in the front of the class.</li>
<li>ALT- don’t stand front-center, but off to the side a bit.</li>
<li>Circle activities on the lesson plan that the HRT is to lead. You could use different color pens for ALT- and HRT-led activities.</li>
<li>Put check boxes on lesson plan forms for ALT or HRT next to activity sections, indicating that there are times when the HRT is expected to be T1.</li>
<li>Have the HRT do Lesson Introductions and end-of-class Wrap-ups (まとめ) in Japanese for every class.</li>
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This really is a pressing issue this year. If you have any ideas or successes with getting your HRTs more involved, please leave a comment!<br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">ASK, don’t TELL</span><span style="color: purple;"> </span>is an easy way to remember not to tell students outright what the right answers are after an activity, but instead to ask students to volunteer what they think the right answers are.<br />
The same ASK, don’t TELL approach applies well to cultural discussions in the Eigo Noto classes. When we were looking at 6 different greeting styles in Eigo Noto 1, Lesson 1, it worked very well to begin the discussion by asking the students, ‘Do you see anything similar or different about these ways of greeting?’ and then to follow up with, ‘And what ways are similar to, or different than, a Japanese greeting?’ Using leading and Wh- questions in this way does a lot to encourage students to explore learning, rather than sitting back and waiting to be told what to think.<br />
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When I studied Spanish in school in the USA, we always had Spanish names. And any foreign teacher I have asked in Japan has told me they also had foreign names in their school language classes. It was fun for me to pick one, and fun for me to use it in class. But in almost 16 years in Japan, I have only heard of one school that uses English names for their students in class!<br />
Now, as a teacher, I understand that using foreign names for students serves an important psychological function, as well. Especially for adults, and for students generally, the fear of being seen to make a mistake in from of one’s peers is enough to discourage many students from attempting to speak. After all, I, <i>Elton</i>, am almost 48 years old, and <i>I don’t make mistakes!</i> If, however, I am <i>not</i> Elton, but <i>Paco</i>, then there is less concern and anxiety about Paco making a mistake. After all, Paco is a language student, and has a whole list of character differences that are not Elton.<br />
I have suggested using English names in classes to some of my teachers, but to little willing acceptance. Still, it is interesting to me that in other countries, the use seems common and widespread. But if this simple, and fun, technique could remove a simple mental barrier that prevents our students from having the courage to try speaking in a foreign language, isn’t worth a try?<br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/should-we-call-it-communication-class.html">Should We Call It COMMUNICATION CLASS?</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/students-dont-have-to-speak-english-but.html">The Students Don't Have to Speak English, But...</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/04/things-hrts-alts-can-do.html">Things HRTs & ALTs Can Do</a> (English list) <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/04/things-hrts-alts-can-do-video-part-1.html">(日本語のビデオ, part 1)</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/things-your-alt-should-know.html">Things Your ALT Should Know</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/team-teaching-made-easy.html">Team Teaching Made Easy</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-team-teach-video.html">How to Team Teach Video</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/where-do-we-go-from-here-and-motivation.html">Where Do We Go From Here?</a> Notes on Culture<br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/11/teaching-conversation-skills-in-your.html">Teaching Conversation Skills in Your Classes</a> (Why)<br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-do-we-teach.html">What Do We Teach?</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/teach-conversation-skillshttpwwwblogger.html">Teaching Conversation Skills</a> (How)<br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2010/04/doing-self-introduction.html">Doing a Self-Introduction</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/lesson-development-keys.html">Lesson Development Keys</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/goal-of-eigo-noto-lessons-simply.html">The Goal of Eigo Noto Lessons- Simply</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/pro-says-eigo-noto-can-be-used-flexibly.html">Pro Says Eigo Noto Can Be Used Flexibly</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/please-speak-more-slowly.html">Please Speak More Slowly</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/focus-on-what-students-already-know.html">Focus On What Students Already Know</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/communicating-with-sentence-patterns.html">Communicating With Sentence Patterns</a><br />
Greetings for <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/greetings-for-opening-class_31.html">Opening</a> <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/greetings-for-ending-class_31.html">Closing</a> a Class<br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/lesson-plan-patterns.html">Lesson Plan Patterns</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-use-dice-in-classroom.html">How to Use Dice in the Classroom</a><br />
<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/09/activities.html">Activities</a> -many need no prep or materials!<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/eigonoto">Eigo Noto on YouTube</a><br />
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<b>Lesson</b>: 1 (1 of 3)<br />
<b>Target</b>: Large ABCs /Letter Recognition<br />
<b>Materials</b>: CD and player; Text; <a href="http://eigo-noto.googlegroups.com/web/Gr.+6-1+ABC+GTP.pdf?hl=en&gda=Z2tKQ0YAAABymuyVlwWPCubDF7FIRff0okPJGJUBhS4gMqR7iQMj46xbSdS7Pee12FPKcpcz19m4qzmRyw7pERYbIIbTVVQIE-Ea7GxYMt0t6nY0uV5FIQ&gsc=qFDnJgsAAAAcDxasS7c-g5lYE8wLCaeb">ABC GTP cards</a>; <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/p/eigonotocom-bookstore.html">Phonics flashcards</a></span> <br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/09/greetings-audio.html"><b>Greeting</b></a>- 2 minutes<br />
<b>Teacher to Students</b>- Listen & Repeat (some or all)<br />
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia, Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am) (pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.<br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/janken-4.html"><b>Janken 4’s</b></a>- Warm-Up/Review/Conversation Skills Practice- 5 minutes<br />
<b>ALT/HRT</b>: Janken and do the conversation first together, then with a few students to practice/demonstrate.<br />
<b>Students</b>: Each student Janken and Converse with 3 others in groups of 4<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>: <br />
W) Draw a letter on the partner’s back with your finger<br />
L) Guess the letter<br />
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<b>Song</b>- ABC Song- 3 minutes<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>- Write the ABCs 7 to a line (A B C D E F G), 5 on the last<br />
<b>ALT</b>- Lead singing. English/Japanese style- l-m-n o-p-q-r...<br />
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<b>Let’s Play 1</b>- 5 minutes<br />
<b>EigoNoto</b>- Top of page 8<br />
<b>HRT</b>- Lead the activity in the workbook.<br />
<b>Students</b>- Draw lines to connect the letter parts. Check answers with seat partners.<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>- Draw 4 points in 2 vertical lines to mimic the pattern in the book.<br />
<b>ALT</b>- Draw lines to connect the dots on the blackboard when answers are checked.<br />
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<b>Let’s Play 2</b>- 5 minutes<br />
<b>Eigonoto</b>- Bottom of page 8<br />
<b>ALT</b>- Read the letters for students to write.<br />
<ol><li>H, E, L, E, N. </li>
<li>H, I, D, E, Y, O.</li>
<li>E, D, I, S, O, N.</li>
</ol><b>Students</b>- Listen and write the letters in the spaces. Check with seat partners.<br />
<b>HRT</b>- Check students answers after they check with seat partners. Write the letters on the blackboard.<br />
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<b>Activity</b>- ABC <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/get-picture-gtp.html">Get The Picture</a> (GTP)- 13 minutes<br />
<b>Materials</b>- Cut <a href="http://eigo-noto.googlegroups.com/web/Gr.+6-1+ABC+GTP.pdf?hl=en&gda=Z2tKQ0YAAABymuyVlwWPCubDF7FIRff0okPJGJUBhS4gMqR7iQMj46xbSdS7Pee12FPKcpcz19m4qzmRyw7pERYbIIbTVVQIE-Ea7GxYMt0t6nY0uV5FIQ&gsc=qFDnJgsAAAAcDxasS7c-g5lYE8wLCaeb">ABC GTP card</a> for each student (copy print 4 times, cut cards to make as many groups of 4 as there are students).<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>- <br />
W) C-A-T.<br />
L1) D-O-G.<br />
L2) C-A-T.<br />
<b>Students</b>- Janken with a friend. Winner says the 3 or 4 letters on his/her card. Loser also says the letters on his/her card. If they are the same, they form a group. 4 students make one group and then write the group letters (c-a-t) on the blackboard in order (for points later).<br />
<b>HRT/ALT</b>- Demonstrate the activity, then ask the students questions in <br />
Japanese to check understanding. Play with a student or 2 to confirm, if needed.<br />
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<b>Activity 3</b>- 7 minutes<br />
<b>EigoNoto</b>- page 9<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>- Draw a simple calendar with days SUN, MON, TUE... SAT.<br />
<b>ALT/HRT</b>- Introduce the activity- <br />
‘Look. Here is a calendar. Here are the letters M, O, N. That’s for MONDAY. Write the letters M, O, N in your notebook. There are many letters. Look at your clothes, your books, around the room. Find some more letters of the alphabet and copy them onto page 9. Write neatly. Look at the letters your friends found, too.’<br />
<b>Students</b>- Look for ABCs around the room and write them in the EigoNoto.<br />
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<b>Wrap-Up</b>- 3 minutes<br />
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.) <i>Or</i>-<br />
<b>HRT</b> to Students, in Japanese:<br />
-What did we talk about today? <br />
-Were there some words you already knew?<br />
-Did you learn any new words? <br />
-What was fun or interesting? <br />
-What was difficult? <br />
-How can we make that easier next time? <br />
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<b>Closing</b>- 1 minute<br />
<b>Students</b>: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’<br />
<b>Teachers</b>: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’<br />
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After doing a listening activity in the Eigo Noto workbook is an example. Here is a simple way for students to check their own answers.<br />
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Simply asking the students to check their answer with their seat partners before listening to the CD again and/or checking the answers with the whole class accomplishes many goals:<br />
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<ul><li>Students are self-directed. Successful language learners, or any learner for that matter, display an ability to learn independently.</li>
<li>Students check their answers in a (usually) non-threatening atmosphere, reducing their anxiety about testing. Keeping the anxiety level low in the Eigo Noto classes is paramount in achieving the goal of preventing students from learning to <i>not</i> like English.</li>
<li>Paired students get an opportunity to communicate together in their native language. One of my HRTs today said her students need practice in this skill. The Eigo Noto lessons are not only about communicating in a foreign language, but also about improving the students' ability to communicate in their own language.</li>
<li>Higher level students get a chance to teach what they know; lower level students get a chance for peer-level error correction. This is actually one of the great advantages of the mixed-ability classroom; use it to your advantage with group work.</li>
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<b>Lesson</b>: 6 (1 of 2)<br />
<b>Target</b>: -What do you know? What’s this? Foreign words used in Japanese<br />
<b>Materials</b>: Text; Picture flashcards from pages 36-37<br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/09/greetings-audio.html"><b>Greeting</b></a><br />
<b>Teacher</b> to Students- Listen & Repeat<br />
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia, Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am) (pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.<br />
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<b>Introduction</b><br />
<b>HRT & ALT</b>: Speak in front of students-<br />
<ul><li> H: Do you know Japanese?</li>
<li> A: Yes. </li>
<li> H: What do you know? A: These are English words we use in Japanese....</li>
</ul><br />
<ul><li> A: Do you know English?</li>
<li> H: Yes.</li>
<li> A: What do you know? </li>
<li> HRT: These are Japanaese words we use in English....</li>
</ul><i>Japanese words used in English</i>:<br />
bonsai haiku kabuki origami kimono karaoke<br />
ukiyo-e zori adzuki tofu edamame hibachi<br />
napa nori sake sashimi shiitake matsutake<br />
shiatsu tsunami mochi sushi tamari tempura<br />
teriyaki wasabi tycoon zen satori teppanyaki<br />
koan geisha rickshaw sayonara <br />
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<i>English words used in Japanese</i>:<br />
tissue telephone fruit fax t-shirt jacket crayon<br />
shower vitamin bath piano toilet violin rice music jacket cap sandel beach toilet UFO<br />
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<b>English Words STUDENTS Already Know</b><br />
<b>Materials</b>: Flashcards of English words commonly used in Japanese.<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>: What do you know?<br />
<b>HRT</b>:<br />
<ul><li>to students, holding a flashcard: ‘What’s this?’</li>
<li>to ALT:‘What’s this in English?’</li>
<li>to students:‘Please repeat after Mr. Elton.’</li>
</ul><b>Students</b>: Listen & answer (HRT); listen & repeat (ALT)<br />
<b>ALT</b>: Show flashcards; Say words in English<br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/janken-4.html"><b>Janken 4’s</b></a>- Warm-Up / Review / Conversation Skills Practice<br />
<b>Students</b>: Each Student with 3 other students in groups of 4 <b>Blackboard</b>: <br />
<ul><li>W: any English word you know</li>
<li>L: Listen & Repeat</li>
</ul><b>Activity</b>- <a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/lrp-listen-repeat-and-point.html">Listen, Repeat & Point</a><br />
<b>Text</b>: pages 36-37<br />
<b>Materials</b>: 18 Picture Flashcards from text, pages 36-37<br />
<b>HRT</b>: to ALT- ‘What’s this?’ SHOWING FLASHCARDS TO ALT 1-BY-1 but NOT to students AT FIRST. Show the flashcard to the students AFTER the ALT says the word so students can check themselves.<br />
<b>ALT</b>: It’s a/an OO.<br />
<b>Students</b>: Point to picture in text and repeat after ALT.<br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/eraserkeyword-game.html"><b>KeyWord Game</b></a>-<br />
<b>Materials</b>: Picture flashcards from pages 36-37<br />
<b>Text</b>: pages 36-37<br />
<b>Students</b>: Seated in pairs with desks facing each other. An eraser is in the center of the two desks. Students first listen & repeat the keyword. Then, all students ask, ‘What’s this?’. Listen to ALT: If ALT says the keyword, each student tries to take the eraser. BUT, if the ALT says a different word, students only repeat the word. Winners get 1 point each round, or -1 for misses.<br />
<b>HRT</b>: Show a flashcard to students & ALT-the keyword. Say, ‘Repeat after Mr. Elton.’ (ALT: ‘Banana’. Students: ‘Banana.’) Then say- ‘OK. Ready?!’<br />
<b>ALT</b>: First say the keyword for students to repeat. Then, say the keyword or a different, perhaps similarly sounding word after students ask ‘What’s this?’.<br />
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<b>Wrap-Up </b><br />
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.)<i> Or-</i><br />
HRT to Students, in Japanese:<br />
-What did we talk about today? <br />
-Were there some words you already knew?<br />
-Did you learn any new words? <br />
-What was fun or interesting? <br />
-What was difficult? <br />
-How can we make that easier next time? <br />
<br />
<b>Closing</b><br />
<b>Students</b>: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’<br />
<b>Teachers</b>: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’<br />
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<b>Discussion</b>- Loanwords- <i>gairaigo </i>in Japanese- Words from other languages are very common in both English and in Japanese. Food words especially are very common. Some non-English words in Japanese include: <i>arbaito</i> & <i>karuta</i> (German); <i>randoseru</i> (the students' school backpack) & <i>hochikisu</i> (stapler) (Dutch/<i>oranda-go</i>); <i>castela</i> & <i>zook</i> (shoes) (Portuguese); <i>kimuchi</i> (kimchee) (Korean).<br />
<i>Intonation</i> is also very important. Sometimes just a misplaced accent will make the word difficult or impossible to understand. Bridge (<i>ha-SHI</i>) and chopsticks (<i>HA-shi</i>) (in Japanese) are examples. Try saying 'BA-na-na' or 'ba-NA-na' or 'ba-na-NA'. Look for examples in the pronunciation of the 18 words from the Eigo Noto during activities (page 36-7), too- there are many examples there.<br />
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<b>Lesson</b>: 1 (1 of 4)<br />
<b>Target</b>: ‘That’s Right.’ The Alphabet.<br />
<b>Materials</b>: CD & player; Text; ABC <a href="http://eigo-noto.googlegroups.com/web/Gr.+6-1+LG+ABC+Pair+Karuta.pdf?hl=en&gda=jp5ryVEAAABymuyVlwWPCubDF7FIRff070xst3ZrYRHNRThcNRDSoTNFtFQTkbrM_uudTMY7xkef-slbToP2eiCv94CYf7erUwk_6Qi3BU8HCN0q6OYwM5VxXgp_nHWJXhfr7YhqVgA">pair Karuta print</a>; <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/eigonotocom-phonics-flashcards/8652272">Phonics cards</a><br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/09/greetings-audio.html"><b>Greeting</b></a>- 2 minutes<br />
<b>Teacher</b> to Students- Listen & Repeat (some or all)<br />
Hello, Hi, Hey, Howdy, G’day, Good Morning, Hola, Aloha, Bon Jour, Bon Dia, Bon Journo, Ni Hao, Konnichiwa, Anyohaseyo, Sambaino, Kiola, Selamat Pagi (am) (pm-Siang), Shalom, Jambo, Asalamalekum, Zzdrastvet-yah, Namaste.<br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/janken-4.html"><b>Janken 4’s</b></a>- Warm-Up/Review/Conversation Skills Practice- 5 minutes<br />
<b>ALT/HRT</b>: Janken and do the conversation first together, then with a few students to practice/demonstrate.<br />
<b>Students</b>: Each student Janken and Converse with 3 others in groups of 4<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>: <br />
<ul><li>W) あいさつ</li>
<li>L) Listen & Repeat</li>
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<b>Song</b>- ABCs, slowly- 2 minutes<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>- A B C D... X Y Z<br />
<b>ALT</b>- Lead in singing the song, point to the letters on the blackboard. <br />
British style, h-i-j-k-l-m-n o-p-q-r-s-t-u... At end- ‘Happy, happy, I’m happy! I can sing my ABCs!’ <br />
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<b>Song</b>- ABCs, with CD- 3 minutes<br />
<b>CD</b>- track #3<br />
<b>HRT/ALT/Students</b>- Sing along.<br />
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<b>Activity 1</b>- Find the Letters in the Picture- 10 minutes<br />
<b>EigoNoto</b>- page 4<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>- large ABCs<br />
<b>HRT/ALT</b>- Point to a letter on the blackboard. Ask students, “What’s this? Where is the letter in the picture?” Encourage students to find the letters in the picture.<br />
<b>Students</b>- Find the letters in the picture in the workbook.<br />
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<a href="http://eigonoto.blogspot.com/2009/03/pair-karuta-word-catcher.html"><b>Pair Karuta</b></a>- 13 minutes<br />
<b>Materials</b>- <a href="http://eigo-noto.googlegroups.com/web/Gr.+6-1+LG+ABC+Pair+Karuta.pdf?hl=en&gda=jp5ryVEAAABymuyVlwWPCubDF7FIRff070xst3ZrYRHNRThcNRDSoTNFtFQTkbrM_uudTMY7xkef-slbToP2eiCv94CYf7erUwk_6Qi3BU8HCN0q6OYwM5VxXgp_nHWJXhfr7YhqVgA">print</a> with LARGE letters<br />
<b>Blackboard</b>- large ABCs<br />
<b>Students</b>- In seat pairs, play Karuta. Each student uses a different color pen to circle the letters they ‘get’.<br />
<b>ALT/HRT</b>- Call out one letter at a time for students. Cross the letter off the blackboard, and mark it with a magnet for students to see, after you call it.<br />
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<b>Phonics</b>- if time<br />
<b>Materials</b>- <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/eigonotocom-phonics-flashcards/8652272">Phonics flashcards </a><br />
<b>ALT</b>- Explain that in Japanese, the hiragana & katakana names and sounds are the same. But in English, the are NOT the same. Point to the ABCs on the blackboard and say the letter sounds for the students to repeat (or alternatively, use the Phonics Review Set of flashcards to match each letter sound to a word).<br />
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<b>Wrap-Up</b>- 3 minutes<br />
(Present common mistakes to the whole class. Write the mistaken point on the blackboard, and ask if anybody can see the mistake.) <i>Or</i>-<br />
<b>HRT</b> to Students, in Japanese:<br />
-What did we talk about today? <br />
-Were there some words you already knew?<br />
-Did you learn any new words? <br />
-What was fun or interesting? <br />
-What was difficult? <br />
-How can we make that easier next time? <br />
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<b>Closing</b>- 1 minute<br />
<b>Students</b>: ‘Thank you! Good bye!’<br />
<b>Teachers</b>: ‘You’re welcome! Good bye!’<br />
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Share and discuss this list with your team-teaching partner(s), and learn to expect to interact and support each other while teaching.<br />
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The list is numbered to easily recognize grouped/relevant activities (and to make it easier to talk about).<br />
The list is divided up into these sections:<br />
<ol><li>Before Class</li>
<li>Every Class </li>
<li>Starting the Class </li>
<li>From Start to Finish </li>
<li>On the Blackboard </li>
<li>Leading & Doing Activities </li>
<li>English in the Classroom </li>
<li>Cultural Discussions </li>
<li>Communication Discussions </li>
<li>Ending the Class </li>
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<b>Before Class</b><br />
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1- HRT- Decide lesson content and lesson sequencing.<br />
2a- HRT- Make requests to ALT for preparation at least one day before the class (several days, or a week or more, is better).<br />
2b- ALT- Prepare activities, materials, songs/chants and/or lessons as requested by the HRT.<br />
3a- HRT/ALT- Have a meeting (uchiawase) before class to discuss the lesson plan- who does what, how to do activities, review materials, practice dialogs, games and chant melodies, etc.<br />
3b-ALT/HRT- Brainstorm/Discuss cultural and communication points that can be discussed in class.<br />
3c- ALT/HRT- Review classroom English to use in the classroom. <br />
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<b>Every Class</b><br />
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4- HRT/ALT- Talk and use the target language together. Do model dialogs together.<br />
5- HRT/ALT- Work to make language real, not just academic language or textbook practice. Give the language life.<br />
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<b>Starting the Class</b><br />
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6a- ALT- Do opening greetings in English (&/or other foreign languages).<br />
6b- HRT- After opening greetings, tell students the plan, goal or focus of the day’s lesson.<br />
7- ALT/HRT- Have simple English conversations with the other teacher in front of the students.<br />
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<b>From Start to Finish</b><br />
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8- ALT/HRT- Stand (mostly) in front of the class. <br />
9a- ALT- Speak slowly!<br />
9b- HRT- Say to the ALT, ‘Please speak more slowly!’ and ‘Say that again, please!’ again & again throughout the year, and encourage the students to do it, too.<br />
10- ALT/HRT- Support and encourage students to communicate, not just speak English.<br />
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<b>On the Blackboard</b><br />
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11a- ALT- Write English on the blackboard.<br />
11b- HRT- Write Japanese on the blackboard.<br />
11c- HRT- For written English on the blackboard, before writing the Japanese, (if time) ask the students, ‘What does it mean (in Japanese)?’ After the students have told you, then write the Japanese on the blackboard.<br />
12- ALT/HRT- Write page numbers on the blackboard.<br />
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<b>Leading & Doing Activities</b><br />
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13- T1- Clearly tell or signal to the T2 when it is his/her turn to take the lead in the class.<br />
14a- ALT/HRT- Demonstrate activities together. <br />
14b- ALT- Demonstrate in English.<br />
14c- HRT- Check students’ understanding by asking questions in Japanese. If & when possible, don’t translate English to Japanese for the students, but ask instead, ‘What did she say?’. Ask ALT to ‘Do/Say it again, please.’ if needed. <br />
15- ALT- Lead activities and/or lessons (as requested).<br />
16- HRT- Prompt students for Words They Already Know. The best-known word groups are Food & Drinks, Sports, Colors and Animals. <br />
17a- ALT- Read kamishibai/storyboards/picture books aloud.<br />
17b- HRT- Assist with kamishibai. At the right times: Preview the story by showing students the cards 1-by-1, without reading, and asking the students in Japanese what the story might be about; Ask students the meaning in Japanese after a page is read by the ALT; Lead the students in Repeating after the ALT; Organize students to read parts of the story; Lead students to read the story as a group, without the ALT (start with a leading first/second word, or say the lines in Japanese for students to translate).<br />
18- ALT- Lead songs and chants.<br />
19- ALT- Lead Listen & Repeat/Respond activities (flashcards, CROSSFIRE, Listen Repeat & Point, etc.).<br />
20- HRT- Lead Eigo Noto-based activities (Let’s Listen <cd-based>, Let’s Play, Activity).<br />
21- ALT- Read scripts for the CD more slowly.<br />
22- HRT- Check students’ answers after Listening Activities.<br />
23- ALT/HRT- Demonstrate a repetitive activity you know (CROSSFIRE or Maru-Batsu, for example) 2 or 3 times, then ask/let the HRT take over/take the lead. <br />
24- HRT- When a student is called randomly (chosen by dice, for example) say the child’s name aloud so the ALT can hear it and use it (ALT rolls the dice to choose a student... ALT- ‘Number 3-4!’ HRT- ‘Haruka!’ ALT- ‘OK, Haruka. Please.....’).<br />
25- ALT/HRT- Participate in activities with students. <br />
26- HRT- When the ALT asks students to form small groups, help the students to form groups of the right size/number.<br />
27- ALT/HRT- Listen for common mistakes during free speaking activities to note as negative evidence (‘What do you like color?’, NOT ‘What color do you like?’) on the blackboard afterward (and then for students to check and correct).<br />
28- HRT- Lead the class to transition from one activity to the next.<br />
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<b>English in the Classroom</b></cd-based><br />
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29- ALT/HRT- Together write a list of classroom English to use in the classroom. <br />
30- ALT- Use simple classroom English repetitively (don’t say it just once, but several times, including after the HRT has translated it to Japanese).<br />
31- HRT- In first term classes, say in Japanese the simple classroom English the ALT is using after he/she says it. <br />
32- HRT- Use simple classroom English in every class.<br />
33- ALT/HRT- Use communication and conversation phrases together often (Pardon? What’s this? What’s this in English/Japanese? etc.).<br />
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<b>Cultural Discussions</b><br />
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34- ALT- Share home culture and foreign culture experiences, speaking and with visual support when possible.<br />
35- HRT- Help students discuss Japanese culture as a basis for understanding/comparing foreign culture points. (Do we do it like this in Japan? How do we do this in Japan? What do we do in Japan in this situation? Is this the same in Japan?)<br />
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<b>Communication Discussions</b><br />
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36- HRT/ALT- Demonstrate together in English the communication pattern used in the lesson.<br />
37- HRT- Check students’ understanding of the meaning and use of the communication pattern (in Japanese).<br />
38- HRT- Ask for, and give, examples of how the communication pattern is used (or not) in Japanese.<br />
39- HRT/ALT- Ask students when the communication might be used, and give examples of when it is used.<br />
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<b>Ending the Class</b><br />
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40- HRT- Do the class wrap-up (matome) in Japanese at the end of the lesson.<br />
41- HRT/ALT- Write on the blackboard in English an example (from a speaking activity) of the WRONG way to say the target English or the conversation, or an exemplary POSITIVE usage. Ask the students to correct the error, and write the corrected version on the blackboard. Have the students listen and repeat the correct version. For higher level students, ask if students can present a variation (Change 1 or 2 Words) of the pattern (give an example in Japanese to translate).<br />
42- HRT- Discuss or review culture or communication points from the lesson. Discuss how these are the same or different in Japan/Japanese.<br />
43- ALT- Do closing greeting in English (and/or other foreign languages).<br />
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