JHS Team Teaching Workshop 2

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JHS Team Teaching Workshop 2

• Reina Ishibashi
• Lindsey Lewis
• Jason Shon

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Student Survey Information

• Jasons Data
• 2 junior high schools
• 380 students total
• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years

• Lindseys Data
• 2 junior high schools
• 455 students total
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd years, and ????

Grade Number of students Number of students
JHS 1 JHS 2
1st 19 181
2nd 25 176
3rd 19 31
???? --- 4
Total 63 392
Grade Number of Students Number of Students
JHS 1 JHS 2
1st 80 52
2nd 70 49
3rd 76 53
Total 226 154
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Questionnaire

• Seven questions (English and Japanese)
• 1. Is your ALT a positive attribute to your
  school?
• very much (1) yes (2)
  so-so (3) not much (4) no (5)
• 2. Do you feel the ALT makes an impact at
  school?
• very much (1) yes (2)
  so-so (3) not much (4) no (5)
• 3. How can the ALT be more involved with the
  students? open answer
• 4. What do you like most about having an ALT at
  school? open answer
• 5. How can the ALT improve in the classroom?
  open answer
• 6. What can the ALT do to help you learn English
  better? open answer
• 7. How do you view the ALTs role in school?
  (choose as many as apply)
• Friend Teacher Comedian
  Role model Foreigner Other ______

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Results Question 1
Is your ALT a positive attribute to your school?
97 of students think their ALT is a positive
attribute to their school
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Results Question 2
Do you feel the ALT makes an impact at school?
97 of students think their ALT makes an impact
at school
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Results Question 3
How can the ALT be more involved with the
students?
285
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Results Question 3 cont
How can the ALT be more involved with the
students?

• Face-time
• Hang out and talk with students outside of
  English class, during breaks, etc. (134)
• Eat lunch with students (30)
• Participate at school events (27)
• Participate in club activities (26)
• Come to school/class more often (23)
• Go to other classes (P.E., music) (14)
• Play sports with us (9)
• Clean with us (2)
• Stand at the school entrance when everyone is
  going home (1)
• Speaking
• Talk with students a lot in English (85)
• Talk to us in Japanese, too (8)
• Make it easier to talk outside of class (7)
• Do more English conversation in class (1)

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Results Question 3 cont
How can the ALT be more involved with the
students?

• Games/Fun
• Do more English games, make English fun (23)
• Do games that you participate in, too (2)
• Make English class fun (1)
• Other
• Learn more Japanese (13)
• Take Japanese classes with students (1)
• Remember students names (4)
• Learn the things that students are interested in
  (4)
• Be genki, cheerful, and kind (3)
• Be stricter (1)
• Be funny (1)
• Study with us outside of English class, too (1)
• Give the students more work (1)
• Post papers with things written on them on the
  board so its easy to understand (1)
• Instead of just saying the English, have
  everyone say it while gesturing (1)
• Work with the student council to put on games or
  activities with at school (1)
• Sing a song at the Sports Festival that will get
  everyone excited (1)

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Results Question 4
What do you like most about having an ALT at
school?
217
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Results Question 4 cont
What do you like most about having an ALT at
school?

• English Speaking
• We can hear and learn how English is really
  spoken (148)
• His pronunciation is easy to understand (19)
• We can learn to communicate better in English
  (33)
• We can use English in our daily lives (9)
• The opportunities to speak English increases (2)
• Speaking English is fun and I want to speak more
  (1)
• We can speak with him casually (1)
• I think about trying to start conversations (as
  opposed to always being asked) (1)
• It makes me think it would be great to be able
  to speak English (1)
• English (other)
• He helps us when we dont understand (42)
• We can learn stuff not in the textbook that
  other Japanese people dont know (14)
• He teaches us English kindly and
  enthusiastically (10)
• The number of people interested in English
  increases (1)

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Results Question 4 cont
What do you like most about having an ALT at
school?

• Fun
• Classes are fun learning English is fun (76)
• School becomes lively/fun (6)
• International Exchange
• We can learn about foreign countries, cultures,
  people, words, games, lifestyles (61)
• Other
• He hangs out with us during breaks (5)
• He participates in club activities and school
  events (4)
• I get a lot of work done (3)
• Hes easy to talk to and ask questions (3)
• Hes a fun and lively ALT (2)
• He draws a persons face when he writes the date
  on the board (1)
• We can learn and grow together (3)
• I like the nervous feeling of speaking to a
  foreigner (1)
• The number of times I sleep decreases (1)
• He's always laughing, and he tries really hard
  to speak Japanese so it makes me want to try hard
  at English (1)

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Results Question 5
How can the ALT improve in the classroom?
56
49
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Results Question 5 cont
How can the ALT improve in the classroom?

• English
• Speak slower (29)
• Make it easier to understand your English (12)
• Talk more (10)
• Make it easier for us to ask you questions (1)
• Make the class more lively than it is now (2)
• When we make mistakes tell us what
• we did wrong (1)
• Dont hold one-sided conversations in English
  (1)
• Japanese
• Speak in Japanese more (26)
• Get better at Japanese (21)

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Results Question 5 cont
How can the ALT improve in the classroom?

• Other
• Come to school/class more often (17)
• Participate in English class more (2)
• Participate in other classes, too (1)
• Be more lively (1)
• Write more neatly (1)
• Stop drawing weird pictures (1)
• Teach us things Japanese people dont know (1)
• Speak louder when broadcasting (1)
• Answer questions even if they are in Japanese
  (1)
• If you see someone who looks they like dont
  understand, help them out (1)
• Spend more time explaining vocabulary words that
  are difficult to understand (1)
• I prefer a female teacher (1)
• Do more games (1)
• Dont continue the conversation if the student
  doesnt know what youre saying (1)
• Include American jokes (1)
• Do more crossword puzzles (1)
• Dont choose on people in class (1)
• I dont like an ALT who really doesnt
  understand or hold a conversation in Japanese I
  dont like an ALT with a bad attitude (1)

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Results Question 6
What can the ALT do to help you learn English
better?
169
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Results Question 6 cont
What can the ALT do to help you learn English
better?

• Speaking
• Talk with us more (39)
• Teach us correct pronunciation (16)
• Speak slowly and in a way thats easy to
  understand (10)
• Speak in English as much as possible (9)
• Increase the number of times you pronounce
  vocabulary words (2)
• Read aloud the long passages in the textbook and
  on the tests (2)
• Class
• Help those who dont understand, correct us when
  we make mistakes (33)
• Teach us English (16)
• Give us help when were studying individually
  (14)
• Make English easier to understand (10)
• Teach us the vocabulary words over and over
  until we remember them (7)
• Do more listening practice in class (2)
• Periodically go to the English pronunciation
  tests (1)
• Have the ALT conduct class by himself about once
  a week (1)
• Instead of telling us the answer quickly, help
  us to come up with the answer ourselves (1)
• Participate in class more (1)

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Results Question 6 cont
What can the ALT do to help you learn English
better?

• Fun
• Teach English we can have fun with (16)
• Do games (10)
• Japanese
• Use English and Japanese at the
• appropriate times (17)
• Be able to speak Japanese well (6)
• Teach in Japanese more (2)
• Face-time
• Hang out/spend more time with us (7)
• Come to school/class more often (5)
• Come to school every day (1)
• Make us practice English when you hang out with
  us (1)
• Walk around as much as possible (1)
• Increase the opportunities outside of class to
  interact with you (1)

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Results Question 7
How do you view the ALTs role in school?
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Results Question 7 cont
How do you view the ALTs role in school?

• Other
• A teacher who participates in clubs
• A teacher I can trust
• A person who is also in a position to learn
• A teacher whos really good at soccer
• A teacher like a friend whos easy to talk to
  (2)
• A teacher but different from other teachers
• A representative of America
• The best!

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Recommendations for ALTs

• The more they see you the better
• breaks, lunch, class (English and other), after
  school, club activities, school events, in the
  halls, cleaning time, etc.
• increases opportunities for international
  exchange
• Talk A LOTbut not too quickly
• Japanese or English?
• Learn Japanese
• Help make English more fun
• be genki, enthusiastic, and kind
• participate in activities and games
• prepare lessons with JTEs (suggest activities
  and share ideas)
• http//sendaiedu.com
• http//jhsenglipediaproject.com
• Learn your students names
• Learn the things that students are interested in

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Implications for Team Teaching

• ALTs should go to class as much as possible
• ALTs should talk a lot
• vocabulary/text pronunciation
• spend time teaching pronunciation
• repetition (with gestures?)
• listening exercises/skits/conversations
• dont speak too quickly or too softly
• ALTs should have a good attitude
• ALTs can make class more fun
• tongue-twisters, idioms, jokes, games, comic
  relief
• ALTs should actively participate in class
• help students who dont understand
• participate in activities and games
• correct students when they make mistakes

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Other suggestions for Team Teaching

• Ask if you can help JTEs with their work
• grade and correct tests, homework, worksheets,
  etc.
• keep asking
• ways to be involved with the students
• Get to know your JTE
• face time with your JTE, too
• be able to anticipate your JTE
• good ALT/JTE relations make for a good class
• Learn about your students
• find ways to connect activities to what students
  do outside of class
• ask your JTE about test scores, events,
  achievements, problems, etc.

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Team Teaching from a JTEs perspective

• ALTs are partners with specific roles, not
  assistants.
• Prepare lessons with the ALT
• Use the ALT as much as possible
• Inform ALTs about individual student needs and
  progress
• Explain to ALTs how to evaluate tests,
  worksheets, activities, etc.
• Inform ALTs about upcoming events so ALTs can
  converse with students on those subjects
• Its OK to ask ALTs for help
• Build a good relationship
• talk to your ALT
• improves team teaching
• improves class atmosphere

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Questions?
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Discussion Questions
What are your thoughts on the results of the
student surveys? What are some challenges you
have encountered in the team teaching
process? What are examples of effective ways to
use ALTs in the classroom and in school? Should
ALTs use English and Japanese in class? How do
you prepare for TT classes? What makes for good
team teaching? ALTs, what do you expect from a
JTE? JTEs, what do you expect from an ALT?