Eikaiwa Forum

Sunday, February 26, 2023 - 7:00pm

Attention all Eikaiwa Teachers! Come join Osaka JALT's first event made especially for teachers who work at conversation schools! This will be an online event where people in the Eikaiwa industry can share their experiences, discuss their teaching techniques, network with other educators, and overall just broaden their horizons! This event will feature two brief presentations by experienced Eikaiwa teachers followed by general discussion in breakout rooms.

Speakers: 

Mimi Yoshii-Podger was born and raised in Japan. She took a TESOL certificate with ETJ and has since been teaching for a wide range of learners. She moved to Australia in 2019 and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Linguistics and Performing Arts at the University of South Australia.

She will be presenting on: Working on Speaking: Speech Contest Preps.

This presentation will introduce how to improve speaking skills in four aspects: creativity, pronunciation, communication, and confidence.

Martin Spivey is originally from Bradford in the North of England, though he now lives in Akita in Tohoku, where he runs his own Eikaiwa. He has been teaching in the EFL classroom for over 15 years now and has a wealth of experience instructing a wide range of ages and levels. Recently, he has started teaching at local universities, and in 2022 he completed an MA in TESOL from the University of Birmingham. 

He will be presenting on: Getting Teens Talking

Using the Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT) approach, he will introduce some communicative tasks that will work well with teenage English language learners. After briefly outlining and explaining what TBLT involves, he will take you through some tasks that are suitable for different proficiency levels.

You can RSVP Here!