EFL Japan – Nagoya

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Doors open 9:30. First presentation 10:00. Ends 17:30.

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March 5th, 2023 – Nagoya

Location

NO BORDERS Nagoya Chikusa School

4F Daiichi Sky Building,3-17-21 Aoi, Higashi-ku,Nagoya 〒461-0004

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Event Schedule

The schedule is subject to change. There are eighteen presentations, currently 8 C, 6 NC and 4 TBC.

KEY: C = commercial, NC = non-commercial presentation; TBC = to be confirmed.  See below for more details on presenters and presentations, in alphabetical order by surname.

10:00 – 10:45

Session 1

Room 1

Simon Moran

Digital transformation with Happy Valley Digitial and bokoco. C.

Room 2

Englishbooks.jp

TBC. C.

Room 3

Presenter TBC

Topic TBC.

11:15 – 12:00

Session 2

Room 1

Jeremy Lanig

Maximize Student Motivation with Battle Eggs Card Game. C.

Room 2

Guy Cihi

How To Score Higher on Standard Tests. NC.

Room 3

Fidalia

Using Plickers for Formative Assessment in Language Teaching and Learning. NC.

12:30 – 13:15

Session 3

Room 1

Jeremy Lanig

How to Teach Effective Routine-based Lessons Without Preparation. C.

Room 2

Amy Braun

My Educational Experience in Finland. NC.

Room 3

Eric Kane

10 Things Teachers Forget.

Sponsored by englishbooks.jp

13:15 – 14:15

LUNCH

14:15 – 15:00

Session 4

Room 1

Alastair Lamond

Make a Difference to Your Teaching with a TEYL Certificate. C.

Room 2

Guy Cihi

Free Online Vocabulary Flashcards. NC.

Room 3

Timothy Hill

How to effectively use Ready, Set, Eigo! in the classroom. C.

15:30 – 16:15

Session 5

Room 1

Presenter TBC

Topic TBC.

Room 2

Peter Lackner

Get a (better) job now! C.

Room 3

Presenter TBC

Topic TBC.

16:45 – 17:30

Session 6

Room 1

Forum

What is the best EFL approach for Japanese children? Do we need native-speaking teachers? NC.

Room 2

Forum

School owners’ forum. NC.

Room 3

Presenter TBC

Topic TBC.

Amy Braun
An educator teaching ESL to primarily young learners for ten years. She currently teaches at an English immersion preschool in Nagoya.
My Educational Experience in Finland
Join the presenter as she talks about her experience of learning about the Finnish education system. She spent time at a kindergarten, a primary and secondary school campus, a university, and a vocational school. The presenter will reflect on her experience and how to implement these ideas in her classroom.
Aimed at: All.
Language of the Presentation: English
Non-Commercial Presentation.
Guy Cihi
Guy is an EdTech entrepreneur who has produced a number of popular ELL programs including WordEngine, Words & Monsters and Disney’s World of English. These days his company provides EFL software applications to JHS, HS and universities.
How To Score Higher on Standard Tests

Practical strategies to help your students score higher on standard tests including: TOEIC, GTEC, EIKEN, TOEFL, and IELTS.

Free Online Vocabulary Flashcards

Get access to free online vocabulary flashcards for your students. Suitable for self study or blended learning. Suitable for ages 10 to 25. Word lists available for General English, Daily Conversation, EIKEN, GTEC, TOEIC, TOEFL and more. Progress reports for teachers. Works on computers, tablets and smartphones. 
Aimed at: All.
Language of the Presentation: English
Non-Commercial Presentations.
Fidalia
Fidalia is an English teacher in a high school in Indonesia. She has been teaching English for about 12 years. She is currently joining a Teacher Training program under MEXT in Gifu University, Japan.
Using Plickers for Formative Assessment in Language Teaching and Learning

The presentation discusses the use of Plickers for formative assessment. It employs a case study held in an Indonesian high school to see this issue and to find out students’ opinion toward this tool. Plickers is a simple tool to collect real-time formative assessment data without students’ digital devices.

Aimed at: Elementary, Junior High School and High School Teachers.
Language of the Presentation: English
Non-Commercial Presentation.

Timothy Hill
Timothy Hill is a father, school owner, and game developer who is passionate about making English lessons engaging and memorable.
How to effectively use Ready, Set, Eigo! in the classroom.

Ready, set, Eigo! is a must-try game in the classroom! The rules are simple; the game is all about matching the picture cards in your hand to the appropriate description card after it is drawn. Come learn from the game’s creator how best to use it in your lessons.

Aimed at: Elementary, Junior and High School, General English.
Language of the Presentation: English
Commercial Presentation.

Eric Kane
A teacher, school owner, publisher and educational YouTuber who has been in the classroom for over 25 years.
10 Things Teachers Forget
A practical presentation sharing some teaching essentials the presenter has learned, forgotten and remembered again.
Peter Lackner
Peter Lackner is the Managing Partner at JobsinJapan.com and has had management-level positions at major job boards in Japan including: CareerCross.com, GaijinPot, CareerEngine and currently at JobsinJapan.com. Running a job board gives Peter the opportunity to speak with employers and job seekers every day and find out why some are successful and others are not. Speaking to both employers and job seekers has given Peter the ability to be able to see both sides of the hiring process. 
Get a (better) job now!
Whether you are actively looking for a job or ready to jump ship, don’t miss this seminar.  Learn what you should and should not be doing to get a better job.
Aimed at: All job seekers and recruiters.
Language of the Presentation: English
Commercial Presentation.
Alastair Lamond
Alastair Lamond has been in the Japan education world since 1988, as a teacher, teacher-trainer, curriculum designer, author and manager for a number of publishers and an educational distributor.
Make a Difference to Your Teaching with a TEYL Certificate
Exclusively created by teachers for teachers as a dedicated training certificate focused on Young Learners, our online, newly-fully-revised course is equivalent to 120 hours of face-to-face study. For over 20 years now, CertTEYL has been successfully preparing teachers of EFL to young learners. Alastair will explain how.
Aimed at: Kindergarten, elementary teachers, school owners.
Language of the Presentations: English
Commercial presentation.
Jeremy Lanig
Jeremy Lanig is the founder of BINGOBONGO Learning. When he’s not busy making effective resources, he’s usually trying to defend his world record for most udon eaten in 3 minutes!
Maximize Student Motivation with Battle Eggs Card Game
Battle Eggs is a collectible card game (CCG) with incredible potential for teaching young learners foundational vocabulary, including colors, shapes, numbers, emotions, months, food, and more. In this presentation, Jeremy will explain the game’s fundamentals and show how it can be used to energize your lesson plans.
How to Teach Effective Routine-based Lessons Without Preparation
Join Jeremy from Step by Step Eikaiwa as he explains how after 10 years of trial and error combined with teaching through 1 pandemic, he has finally found his recipe for effective lesson routines that require little or no prep time.
Aimed at: Kindergarten, elementary, JHS school age Teachers.
Language of the Presentations: English
Commervial presentations.
Simon Moran

CEO of ME Learning, products and brands include: Modern English, Happy Valley, Live Schedule, bokoco, Fraice and The Double Deckers. Simon arrived in Japan from Newcastle in 1995 with £200 in his pocket. Since then he’s built a school chain and international publishing business from scratch, and had lots of help along the way.

Digital transformation with Happy Valley Digitial and bokoco. 
In this presentation, we look at Happy Valley Digital and bokoco. These encompass digital books, videos, audio, games for lessons, and self-study, with AI-supported self-play games. The presenter will run through the platforms and show how to create a lesson and how to implement for the benefit of students, parents, teachers and schools.
Aimed at: Kindergarten, elementary teachers, school owners, digital creators.
Language of the presentation: English.
Commercial Presentation.

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