Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto , Mari Nakamura Session 1 Presenter: Barbara Hoskins SakamotoTitle: Adventures in Global CollaborationAbstract: Once upon a time in the late 1980s, a publisher thought there might be enough demand to maybe justify the risk in creating a different kind of textbook for children learning English – a book specifically designed to teach […]

This event, sponsored by Tokyo JALT and the TYL SIG, is for teachers of kids to young adults, so teachers of preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, and senior high school, are all encouraged to come! As always, there will be great, short presentations and lots of time for discussion and networking.

The school year is coming to an end. How can we finish our lessons with fun memories and let our students show off everything they’ve learned? Please join us for 3 great workshops about ideas and activities for the end of the school year! The workshops will be followed by a short talk about self-managed […]

Chigusa SatoPlease join us on Sunday, March 20th, from 1:00-3:00 pm, for a question and answer session with a Japanese school counselor. Chigusa Sato is a licensed clinical psychologist working as a public school counselor and specializes in developmental differences, school refusal, anxiety, depression, trauma recovery, bullying, and family problems. This will be a great […]

Penny UrWe are happy to announce this year’s 21st Century Language Teaching Conference! This event is hosted by JALT Okinawa and the Teaching Young Learners SIG, and will be held online on Sunday, October 2nd, 2022, from 15:00 to 19:00 (Tokyo time). The theme of this year’s conference is “Motivating Students: Energizing Teachers”, with a […]

Our next free online event will be held on Sunday, December 18, starting at 10:00am. We’ll be talking about classroom management strategies and ideas for teachers of young learners! Please see the promotional poster here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EuPSYd8NtXGBJlNiwUA5p5SRlxiQ5j4Q/view?u… Register here: https://tinyurl.com/bdzee49u

Please join us on May 28th, from 10:00am (JST) for a free online event for teachers of young learners!  There will be 2 presentations, followed by breakout rooms to share and learn about classroom games. Please register here by May 27th: https://tinyurl.com/ta7uzwnf Event descriptions are below:   (Part 1) Masako Moriwaki “Feedback in the young […]

Join us in a practical in-person workshop by TYL on September 23rd! The featured speaker is an expert in using a well-known coursebook series by National Geographic Learning for young learners, and the following mini-presentations are packed with practical ideas that can be used from the next day in your classroom.  The location – LCA […]

A new series of online workshops by the JALT TYL SIG is coming up! This is a great way to learn about “Positive Discipline”, a teaching approach, and SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) curriculum, which is adopted in thousands of schools of different contexts worldwide.

This is the second workshop featuring “Positive Discipline” for English Teachers. Positive Discipline is a SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) curriculum that offers teachers of all ages a great variety of practical tools and activity ideas. We had our first workshop in June, and it was a great success! English teachers around Japan found the […]

There is another Positive Discipline workshop by JALT TYL coming up soon. This time, a large portion of it is devoted to productive discussion and each participant will be encouraged to participate actively. It will be very different from a normal online presentation event where you just watch! Register from here: https://forms.gle/q5A2xiY8NWBB8hc18

Let’s share creative ways to bring the spirit of Thanksgiving into our English lessons!  It’s a perfect time to help young learners practice gratitude and express themselves in positive, meaningful ways. You will also learn a little about how Positive Discipline empowers this kind of practice. You will meet English teachers who work with different […]

Conference on Best Practices in Teaching English in Japanese Junior and Senior High Schools at Shinagawa Shouei Junior and Senior High School We invite teachers, researchers, and education professionals to submit proposals for presentations at our upcoming conference focused on innovative and effective practices in English language education at the junior high and senior high […]