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"01a0cac2-e638-702f-b613-625e5a1384b9", "title": "British Hills in Fukushima", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/08/25/british-hills-in-fukushima/", "published_at": "2015-08-25T02:55:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac2-e638-702f-b613-625e5a1fc1a4", "title": "Freestyle warmups for children’s classes", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/07/25/freestyle-warmups-for-childrens-classes/", "published_at": "2015-07-25T04:26:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac2-e638-702f-b613-625e5a69561c", "title": "Global Teacher Prize", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/07/19/global-teacher-prize/", "published_at": "2015-07-19T11:07:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac2-e638-702f-b613-625e5abe14d1", "title": "Sponsoring a Teacher Visa in Japan Part 2", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/07/13/sponsoring-a-teacher-visa-in-japan-part-2/", "published_at": "2015-07-13T05:56:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-27b5-731e-85ed-488bf0941875", "title": "More on SEG", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/07/11/more-on-seg/", "published_at": "2015-07-11T02:18:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-27b5-731e-85ed-488bf14050c9", "title": "PRESENTATION 6th Annual Shikoku JALT Conference", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/06/14/presentation-6th-annual-shikoku-jalt-conference/", "published_at": "2015-06-13T23:56:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-27b5-731e-85ed-488bf1b8f46a", "title": "PRESENTATION 6th Annual Shikoku JALT Conference -Tokushima", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/06/12/presentation-6th-annual-shikoku-jalt-conference-tokushima/", "published_at": "2015-06-12T04:06:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-27b5-731e-85ed-488bf1e48234", "title": "Sponsoring a Teacher Visa in Japan Part 1", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/06/08/sponsoring-a-teacher-visa-in-japan-part-1/", "published_at": "2015-06-08T13:00:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-27b5-731e-85ed-488bf21d00f9", "title": "Teaching alphabet stroke order and stroke count to Japanese children", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/06/01/teaching-alphabet-stroke-order-and-stroke-count-to-japanese-children/", "published_at": "2015-06-01T05:18:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-6e13-7262-91a3-72d82b6e1011", "title": "Doggerel", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/05/12/doggerel/", "published_at": "2015-05-12T00:19:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-6e13-7262-91a3-72d82b928b86", "title": "Extensive Reading for Secondary Students", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/04/27/extensive-reading-for-secondary-students/", "published_at": "2015-04-27T03:10:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-6e13-7262-91a3-72d82c3ec88d", "title": "2014 Awards", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/03/30/2014-awards/", "published_at": "2015-03-30T00:43:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-6e13-7262-91a3-72d82c909cf3", "title": "VIDEO Oxford Teaching Workshop Series, Sendai 2015", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/02/10/video-oxford-teaching-workshop-series-sendai-2015/", "published_at": "2015-02-10T08:02:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-6e13-7262-91a3-72d82ce6a5cc", "title": "REVIEW: Lifer, How to be a Bald Middle-aged Conversation Teacher in Japan", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/01/07/review-lifer-how-to-be-a-bald-middle-aged-conversation-teacher-in-japan/", "published_at": "2015-01-07T08:53:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-b3ed-73dc-a79f-492054bcd91d", "title": "Welcome to 2015", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2015/01/06/welcome-to-2015/", "published_at": "2015-01-06T02:27:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-b3ed-73dc-a79f-492054d44e15", "title": "More 2014 retrospection", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2014/12/30/more-2014-retrospection/", "published_at": "2014-12-30T05:57:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-b3ed-73dc-a79f-492055092f36", "title": "Looking back on 2014", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2014/12/26/looking-back-on-2014/", "published_at": "2014-12-26T05:16:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-b3ed-73dc-a79f-49205592056a", "title": "The end of meanness?", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2014/12/06/the-end-of-meanness/", "published_at": "2014-12-06T02:59:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cac3-b3ed-73dc-a79f-492055c83878", "title": "JALT National Conference 2014", "url": "https://sendaiben.org/2014/12/03/jalt-national-conference-2014/", "published_at": "2014-12-03T02:08:04+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2023

Running STEP Eiken Tests as a Small School original ↗

8 Oct 2023

Four Day Teaching Week original ↗

8 Mar 2023

2022

A Farewell to Arms original ↗

27 Mar 2022

2021

The Fluency Course 2022 original ↗

7 Aug 2021

A Personal Update original ↗

23 Apr 2021

Fluency Course Blog original ↗

12 Feb 2021

Fluency Course Website original ↗

11 Feb 2021

Fluency Course 2021 ed.original ↗

2 Feb 2021

2020

The Fluency Course original ↗

28 Sept 2020

Textbook 1b and 2b original ↗

18 Sept 2020

Fluency Course Evolution IV original ↗

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Fluency Course Evolution III original ↗

21 Mar 2020

Fluency Course Evolution II original ↗

7 Mar 2020

Fluency Course Evolution original ↗

6 Feb 2020

The Fluency Course 1 Video original ↗

15 Jan 2020

The Junior High School Fluency Course original ↗

6 Jan 2020

2019

Cambridge Academy: Year Four and Five original ↗

21 Feb 2019

2018

CLaSIC 2018 original ↗

8 Dec 2018

Classroom Management Hack original ↗

6 Jul 2018

Cambridge Academy: Stocktake 2018 original ↗

27 Mar 2018

The Academy Fluency Course original ↗

19 Mar 2018

Preparation Discussion Reaction: The PDR Method original ↗

25 Feb 2018

Estimating Word Counts for Longer Books (Extensive Reading)original ↗

25 Feb 2018

Cambridge Academy: Year Three and Four original ↗

18 Feb 2018

2017

Cambridge Academy: Year Three Student Progress original ↗

15 Oct 2017

Cambridge Academy: Year Three Mid-year Update original ↗

12 Aug 2017

ERWC4: The Last Lecture original ↗

11 Aug 2017

The Last Lecture (well, workshop)original ↗

12 Jul 2017

Changes to the STEP Eiken Tests (June 2017)original ↗

5 Jun 2017

Duolingo for JHS Students in Japan original ↗

23 Apr 2017

Cambridge Academy: Another Quantum Leap original ↗

16 Apr 2017

iTDI: The Power and Joy of Extensive Reading original ↗

2 Apr 2017

Cambridge Academy: Stocktake 2017 original ↗

29 Mar 2017

Cambridge Academy: Year Two and Three original ↗

15 Mar 2017

Three Types of Teachers original ↗

7 Mar 2017

New Graded Readers from OUP original ↗

6 Feb 2017

REVIEW: Mr. Men and Little Miss Books original ↗

23 Jan 2017

2016

The 2016 That Was original ↗

31 Dec 2016

Cambridge Academy: December 2016 Update original ↗

6 Dec 2016

Extensive Reading Rant original ↗

18 Nov 2016

iTDI Making ELT Videos Course original ↗

7 Nov 2016

Amazon Kindle original ↗

28 Aug 2016

Pokemon Go in Japan original ↗

22 Jul 2016

REVIEW: Kids’ Classic Readers original ↗

20 Jul 2016

Life, the Internet, and me original ↗

16 Jul 2016

The Academy Program original ↗

11 Jul 2016

PRESENTATION: Children’s English Education @ Happonmatsu Shimin Centre original ↗

6 Jul 2016

A Smorgasbord of Updates original ↗

21 Jun 2016

Cambridge Discovery Interactive Readers original ↗

27 Apr 2016

Making a New JHS and SHS Curriculum original ↗

20 Apr 2016

Extensive Reading Foundation 2016 Language Learner Literature Awards original ↗

19 Apr 2016

PREVIEW: Vera the Alien Hunter (Graded Comic Readers)original ↗

15 Apr 2016

Shadoku Explained original ↗

13 Apr 2016

The PDR Method Handbook original ↗

6 Apr 2016

Japanese High School Students’ English original ↗

5 Apr 2016

10 Ways to Prevent Aging/Burnout original ↗

3 Apr 2016

Priorities original ↗

28 Mar 2016

Starting a Reading Program from Scratch original ↗

28 Mar 2016

New (Academic) Year’s Resolutions original ↗

24 Mar 2016

Stocktake!original ↗

20 Mar 2016

Cambridge Academy: Looking at Year Two original ↗

16 Mar 2016

Doing Stuff: the Art of Productivity original ↗

14 Mar 2016

REVIEW: Oxford Decode and Develop (ORT)original ↗

12 Mar 2016

Young Children and STEP Eiken original ↗

7 Mar 2016

OTWS Omiya Presentation Summary and Slides original ↗

6 Mar 2016

Blogging original ↗

29 Feb 2016

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22 Feb 2016

Charles Browne and the New General Service List original ↗

19 Feb 2016

OTWS Sendai Presentation Summary and Slides original ↗

14 Feb 2016

Selling a Language School in Japan original ↗

10 Feb 2016

PRESENTATION: Oxford Teaching Workshop Series in Sendai, February 14th original ↗

9 Feb 2016

STEP Eiken 4-kyu, 5-kyu Speaking Test from June 2016 original ↗

7 Feb 2016

English Skills of Japanese Students original ↗

6 Feb 2016

Cambridge Academy: Year One original ↗

3 Feb 2016

2015 in Review, 2016 Preview original ↗

31 Jan 2016

Too comfortable? The need for challenge and stress.original ↗

31 Jan 2016

2015

Upcoming presentations original ↗

20 Dec 2015

PRESENTATION: Sendai ETJ December 6th 11:15 original ↗

22 Nov 2015

Now original ↗

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Cambridge Academy (six months in)original ↗

7 Sept 2015

British Hills in Fukushima original ↗

25 Aug 2015

Freestyle warmups for children’s classes original ↗

25 Jul 2015

Global Teacher Prize original ↗

19 Jul 2015

Sponsoring a Teacher Visa in Japan Part 2 original ↗

13 Jul 2015

More on SEG original ↗

11 Jul 2015

PRESENTATION 6th Annual Shikoku JALT Conference original ↗

13 Jun 2015

PRESENTATION 6th Annual Shikoku JALT Conference -Tokushima original ↗

12 Jun 2015

Sponsoring a Teacher Visa in Japan Part 1 original ↗

8 Jun 2015

Teaching alphabet stroke order and stroke count to Japanese children original ↗

1 Jun 2015

Doggerel original ↗

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Extensive Reading for Secondary Students original ↗

27 Apr 2015

2014 Awards original ↗

30 Mar 2015

VIDEO Oxford Teaching Workshop Series, Sendai 2015 original ↗

10 Feb 2015

REVIEW: Lifer, How to be a Bald Middle-aged Conversation Teacher in Japan original ↗

7 Jan 2015

Welcome to 2015 original ↗

6 Jan 2015

2014

More 2014 retrospection original ↗

30 Dec 2014

Looking back on 2014 original ↗

26 Dec 2014

The end of meanness?original ↗

6 Dec 2014

JALT National Conference 2014 original ↗

3 Dec 2014