Motivation is the biggest determiner of a learner’s success at learning a language. Motivating our learners is a complex and often counterintuitive process. Consider why incentives can be a powerful demotivator. This presentation will provide a practical framework for understanding motivation and how to increase it in our learners.

Adam Kardos is a school owner, teacher trainer and author of EFL materials including, Awesome Phonics Adventures and Here Come the Unicorns, winner of a 2020 Language Learner Literature award.

Audience aimed at: Kindergarten and below. Elementary School Age Teachers. Junior High School. High School. Higher Education. General English. School Owners. Language of the Presentation: English

This presentation is designed for anyone who wants to refer to the CEFR to create materials and assessments, align existing contents or just simply understand the CEFR in real-world practical terms.

Audience aimed at: ALL

Language of the Presentation: English

All teachers want students to improve fluency, but how to teach it? Cruz will talk about how to get students to speak faster and to say more using basic measurable targets and techniques, such as the AQp, “One Idea, One Breath” (OIOB) and the “Switch”.

Audience aimed at: Elementary School Age Teachers. Junior High School. High School. Higher Education. General English. School Owners.

Language of the Presentation: English (Questions can be taken in Japanese.)

Sight Words play an important role in the early reading and writing experiences. Working with literacy specialists and classroom teachers, 100 sight words for each grade are chosen and put into this engaging workbook series called "Scholastic 100 Words Kids Need to Know/Read Workbook". The educational activities developed to give children the opportunities to read, write and use these words. How to use the workbooks more effectively in class lessons and online lessons are shared.

Learn best practices for finding a job online, resume and cover letter tips, interviewing and follow-up, etc. Implementing the advice at this session could make the difference in getting your next job.

Are your job applications being ignored? Find out why and how to get noticed. What are hiring managers looking for when they look at cover letters and resumes (CV)? Do you think there are no jobs available due to COVID-19? Think again.

This session compiles the feedback from various school hiring managers in Japan and is not specific to using JobsinJapan.com.

Audience aimed at: All except school owners.

Language of the presentation: English

International Early Childhood Education centers are booming, growing to over 2000 schools in two decades. Traditionally privately owned or run by NPO/religious organizations, large companies, banks, investment firms and tech companies have become involved.

Student focus has shifted to include both Japanese families and more permanent foreign residents as visa laws have allowed more foreigners to live and work in Japan.

This presentation will examine the state of the industry in light of these changes, COVID-19 and what we might see in the coming decade.

Special attention will be paid to those hoping to get involved in the sector in the near future, as an employee, owner or investor.

Audience aimed at: Kindergarten and below. School Owners. Language of the Presentation: English