Seminar 2025

Presenter: David Paul

3:15-4:30 (Osaka and Tokyo)

Solving Key Issues we Face when Teaching Japanese Children

This presentation will look at key issues that any course for Japanese elementary school children needs to address and will introduce ‘Finding Out Interactive’, the new edition of ‘Finding Out’, and show how it addresses these issues.

10:45-11:30 (Tokyo)

Why Use a Games-Based, Child-Centered Approach?

This presentation will look at why it is so effective to use a games-based, child-centered approach and how to use this kind of approach most effectively when teaching Japanese children.

Bio

David Paul built up a very successful group of schools in Japan and other Asian countries, and used this success as a platform to support the professional development of teachers.

Presenters: Greg Crawford, BJ Bulmer

10:45-11:30 (Osaka), 9:45-10:30 (Tokyo)

Everything you need for successful kindergarten classes

Struggling with kindergarten classes? Greg & BJ will present a fun and content-packed new course that has everything you need for great, content-rich classes. From videos, songs, stories, conversation and vocabulary to Christmas and Halloween classes, you’ll have everything you need to make your kindergarten classes a huge success!

Presenter: Greg Crawford

2:30-3:00 (Osaka and Tokyo)

Let’s Make Reading Fun!

Learning to read can be hard work & a real grind for children. So, we need to make it fun! In this presentation Greg will share some helpful ideas to bring fun to reading in your classroom. Let’s make reading fun!

Bio

Greg is a director of Fun Kids English, co-creator of Fun Kids English’s loved songs and videos, co-author of Little Monsters, and author of Fun Phonics Readers. He loves teaching young learners.

BJ is a director of Fun Kids English, co-creator of Fun Kids English’s loved songs and videos, co-author of Little Monsters, loves teaching young learners, and is the owner/principal of Koala English School.

Presenter: Scott Crowe

9:45-10:30 (Osaka)

4 Steps to Get Very Young Learners Speaking More

Learn to simply get kids speaking more. In this session, I’ll introduce four steps to get very young learners speaking more, focusing on story-based teaching and songs that embed the target language. You’ll learn how these creative tools can naturally boost kids’ verbal confidence and participation.

Bio

Founder of a chain of schools and a publishing company, Scott Crowe is an innovator and author of 21 textbooks building his love of teaching and 25 years of teaching experience into his materials.

Presenter: Ryan Hagglund

11:45-12:30 (Osaka and Tokyo)

Classroom activities and how we do them

A good list of classroom activities is useful—but implementation matters more. This session demonstrates several activities from MY English School and MY Kindergartenwith practical steps for introducing and running them, ensuring students stay engaged and learning. Participants will gain adaptable strategies ready for immediate use.

Bio

Ryan Hagglund is owner of MY English School, operating 10 locations and a kindergarten. He holds an MA in TEFL/TESL, MAT, and teacher certification from the State of Oregon.

Presenter: Adam Kardos

1:30-2:15 (Osaka and Tokyo)

Helping children choose to learn

When children learn outside of the classroom by choice, the learning outcomes can be astounding. The Gamerize Dictionary combines collaborative play, spaced repetition, voice recognition and gamification that keeps kids coming back to play and get more practice with Finding Out.

Bio

Adam Kardos is the founder of AAS press and author of textbooks and award winning readers. He is also the creator of The Gamerize Dictionary, a gamified learner dictionary app.

Presenter: Kaj Schwermer

4:45-5:30 (Tokyo)

Child-Centered Classrooms: Insights and Inspiration from Teaching English to Children in Asia”

In this session, we will be drawing on topics and questions from David Paul’s book, Teaching English to Children in Asia, to reflect and share thoughts on various aspects of child-centered learning as they relate to our own teaching situations.

Bio

Kaj Schwermer is program coordinator for the Dalton School Primary After-School Program in Shibuya and one of the trainers for the Language Teaching Professionals One-Day Course on child-centered learning.

Presenter: Jeff Hodsdon

4:45-5:30 (Osaka)

Teaching English with technology

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