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I Like Rain
By Sarah Rogers-Tanner
JET Job Skills Elementary School I Like Rain By Sarah - - PDF document
JET Job Skills Elementary School I Like Rain By Sarah - - PDF document
JET Job Skills Elementary School I Like Rain By Sarah Rogers-Tanner I like rain I dont like sun I like rain. I like fun! I dont like cars I dont like dogs! I like rain. I like frogs. I like rain. I like my phone. I like my mom.
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I like rain
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I don’t like sun
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I like rain. I like fun!
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I don’t like cars
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I don’t like dogs!
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I like rain. I like frogs.
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I like rain. I like my phone.
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I like my mom. I like being home.
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JET Job Skills
Junior High
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What I wish I knew before my first day of work.
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Know the Names
- Get your hands on the school facebook and
start memorizing names and faces.
- Get to know the students and your co-workers.
- Tailor lessons to
specific classes.
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Be Invested
- “The more you put into this job,
the more you’ll get out of it.” – The students can tell. – And so can your co-workers.
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Communicate What You Want
- Be your own advocate.
- Field trips, advanced notice of events, etc.
- Willingness to stay late and help.
– English tests – Speech contests – English Club – Club Activities
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Language Barrier
- The Importance of:
– Body Language – Actions – Positive Attitude
- Stay Late. (Pick one day a week.)
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Buy a Personal Stamp
- Homework Check
- Japanese peer pressure and public shaming:
How to make them work for you.
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Keep It Familiar
- Geography
- Pop culture
- Staff members
(Check first!)
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Odds and Ends
- Emergency Folder & Activities
- The Tea Lady, The Accountant,
The Groundskeeper, and the Nurse.
- An extra pair of socks
- Minefield
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JET Job Skills
High School ALT
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Japanese students must apply to high school in their last year of junior high (roughly 9th grade).
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Different types of high schools:
Academic Vocational Part-time / Evening school Special Needs (e.g. Blind / Deaf )
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Grades
1st year students = 10th grade 2nd year students = 11th grade 3rd year students = 12th grade [4th year students = 13th grade] The terms freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior are not generally used.
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Students at all types of high schools take English throughout all grades, sometimes multiple English courses per semester.
Grammar Vocabulary Writing / Composition Translation Oral Communication
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All 1st-year high school students take Oral Communication (OCI).
This is the only course focused on conversational proficiency, as
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listening comprehension.
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What is an ALT?
Assistant Language Teacher
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Why are ALTs important? What is the purpose of having an ALT in the classroom?
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Add relevance / motivation to English studies.
Therefore…Try to get students to like you and want to talk to you.
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Lend authenticity to English studies.
Therefore…Try to use correct grammar and to support / reinforce JTE’s instruction.
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Provide cultural exposure.
a) Show respect and interest in Japanese culture and the school culture. b) Incorporate cultures from all over the world. c) Be careful not label one custom ‘normal’ and another ‘weird’. Therefore…
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Be professional assistant teachers.
Try to stay busy. Offer to help. Find work to do. Be punctual. Dress more formally than you think you should (at least at first). Therefore…
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Tetsu dai masho ka? てつだいましょうか？
May I help?
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Example High School Lessons
Self-Introduction - usually the ALT’s first OCI lesson Giving Directions - a chapter in almost every OCI textbook
and Lesson Plan template (blank)
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Additional Recommendations
Ask your predecessor! Omiyage
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