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Some teaching ideas that worked for me in a high school setting in Japan.

  Here are some lesson materials and ideas that worked for me in 40-student class in Japan.  Some of them involve using the computer room, and some of them center more on how to layout a series of tasks to get the whole class involved, something that is often challenging having so many students in one class.

Stages of a listening lesson.

How to do a 'Key-Pal' class.

How to do a debate class.

Active Reading

Syllabi for the 2004-5 school year

Syllabi for the 2005-6 school year

Syllabi for the 2006-7 school year

Syllabi for the 2007-8 school year

Syllabi for the 2008-9 school year

Personal notes on lessons