Getting Your EFL Students to Speak in Japan
Do you teach foreign language speaking classes in Japan, at a university or high school? If so, this book is for you—especially if you want to eliminate long silences in class, get students participating actively, and energize them without exhausting yourself. The key is to start where your students are, working with the cultural dynamics that shape their behavior rather than pushing against them.
The Alma team has spent 25 years refining these techniques in real classrooms and sharing them through articles, books, workshops, and training programs. This book is the distilled result—practical, classroom-tested, and ready to use.
You will learn how to:
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Get Japanese students to speak during class
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Understand the cultural dynamics at work
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Create a good class dynamic without fail
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Minimize your effort to keep your energy for what counts
On-Demand Video Training Course
The book’s content is also available as an on-demand video course on Udemy!
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1. A simple technique that will change your class dynamic:
2. The Magic Wand:
3. The cultural reason why Progress Sheets work:
About the author
Bruno Vannieu has taught French at the university level in Japan for 25 years, including eleven years at Kobe University where he received the Best Teacher Award six times. He retired from teaching in 2019 to concentrate on teacher training and publishing. He is a co-author of 13 French and English textbooks and the author of Enseigner l’oral au Japon (Teaching Speaking Skills in Japan). His research is focused on intercultural communication and language teaching methods.
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