Links
Official
JET Sites
Miyagi
JET Programme
Information and resources
for JETs in Miyagi
Miyagi
AJET (MAJET)
All the
information you could want on living and having fun in Miyagi!
Sendai JET
Programme
Diverse site
with lots of
information about Sendai and life as a JET in Japan, as well as
details of the Hello World Plan, Sendai's
private ALT
hiring scheme (hires ex-ALTs for up to
three additional years under the same conditions).
Yamagata
JET Programme
Tochigi
JET Forum
Great message board with lots of information on living and teaching in
Japan
Fukushima
JET Programme
Okinawa JET Programme
Very slick site
with some
good information and funny articles.
The Official JET
Programme
Site
The
official JET programme page includes information from CLAIR and many
many press releases.
EFL
Links
English Teachers
in Japan (ETJ)
ETJ
is free to join, and membership includes access to some excellent
mailing lists and a
couple of free biannual magazines, as well as access to local chapter
meetings. Very
ALT-friendly, an excellent resource for English teachers in Japan.
Japan
Association for
Language Teaching (JALT)
More
academic than ETJ, JALT is definitely based in the university sector. A
great source of information and networking opportunities, membership
costs 10,000
yen per year (ALTs on the JET Programme can get a special rate of 6,500
yen per year).
Teaching
Resources
Awesome
Stories
A
site for teachers and
students with reading material on a variety of topics. Miyagi ALTs can
get a free academic membership: sign up with Upper Secondary Division,
Miyagi Prefectural Board of Education as your organization.
Breaking News English
Lesson
plans based on news stories. There is an easy and a difficult lesson
for each story. A very nice resource.
The British Council
Extensive
site with lesson plans, activity ideas, and theoretical articles aimed
at English teachers around the world. The Japanese page is here, and includes resources
specifically for ALTs.
Educom
Site created by
Sendai City ALTs containing ideas and resources for the classroom.
Genki English
Extensive
teaching resources, mainly aimed at elementary school but adaptable to
other
levels. Game ideas, songs, articles, and teaching resources, some
premium but mostly free.
Good discussion boards. Well worth a look!
H.Matsuda's
Homepage
An interesting bilingual (English and Japanese) website created by a
JTE. It includes lesson
plans for junior high school, essays on studying English (in Japanese,
for students), and ideas on how to plan and carry out classes. Very
inspiring.
John's
ESL Page
A good collection of
resources, worksheets, and some cool tools to generate word searches,
scrambled words, etc.
MES-English
An amazing
website packed with
resources such as flashcards and well thought-out advice.
Highly
recommended!
Starfall
Excellent
site for teaching phonics and reading. Designed for preschool and young
native
speakers, it works well with EFL learners (even university students!).
Teaching
Activities
The sister site to the JET Lounge, this site contains lesson plans and
activity ideas submitted by teachers in Japan
Three
Wise Monkeys
A collection of games, activities, and teaching ideas by language
teachers in Tochigi Prefecture
Employment
Resources
EFL Elite
Provides
ESL employment resources for teachers and schools
JapanEnglishTeacher.com
A site listing daily updated English teaching jobs
in Japan
Jobba.net
Jobs
for people who seek employment where Japanese language skills are
required. Offering a job search, resume posting, and a free job
alert service
A website advertising job opportunities (mainly in the US) that require Japanese language skills
Suggestions for links to be included on this page are always
appreciated.
Please let me know
if any of the links don't work.
The
resources on this site are intended primarily for use by Assistant
Language Teachers (ALTs) working in Japanese schools but should prove
useful to teachers at any level in any country. Please feel free to
download them for personal and classroom use.
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