Seminar 2 Preparation

＊ Pre-questionnaire

If you have not done so this season (August 2024~), please fill out the pre-seminar questionnaire.

＊ If you have not attended Seminar 1:

We strongly recommend that you read the following manual entries before attending this seminar, in addition to the Seminar 2-specific preparation below.

• A Case for Actively Teaching Pronunciation

• Checking and Assigning Homework

• Error Correction

• Flashing Cards

• Important Points in Teaching English to Children

• The PLS Rank System

1. Teacher’s Manual

Please carefully read the following manual entries to get the most out of the seminar practice sessions.

• Daily Expressions Extra Vocabulary

• Oxford Reading Tree

• PLS Click and Rank Review

• Question/Answer Follow-through Games

  • The 20-Second Ask/Answer Game

  • Hot Seat

  • Quick Queues

  • The U Game

• Rank Testing

If time allows, reading the procedure for the following activities will also give you a more solid foundation before coming to the seminar.

• Adjective Games

  • Adjectives for Sentence-making

  • Supply the Adjective

• CC Cards

• Chameleon Cards

• The Collect Game

• Intermediate Lies

• Locactions

• The Phonic Chart 5 Attack Game

• The Phonic Chart 6 Game

• Phonic Othello

• Phonintensity

• The Rewind Game

• The Snake Game

• Stand Up, Sit Down

• The TA System

• Trialogs

• Zones

2. Training Videos

Please watch the following training videos. Please be aware that some of the videos are based on the old rank system, so any references to a particular rank number may be inaccurate, but other information is relevant.

• The PLS Listening Homework Sequence (about 40 minutes)

• The PLS Reading and Writing Homework Sequence (about 23 minutes)

• Correcting Pronunciation (about 23 minutes)

Also, we recommend reviewing the following videos:

• Important Points in Teaching English to Children (about 16 minutes)

• Flashing Cards (about 19 minutes)

3. Homework Materials

To make the most of the homework check practice and follow-through games, please learn:

• Daily Expressions, Set B

• Question/Answer, Set B

• 1-24 of Trialogs (the pink and yellow cards)

While it is possible for teachers to learn these cards without doing so, we recommend you listen to the lessons and play through the games on PLS Click for those homework sets to understand what your students are doing. Please note that if you are not familiar with the materials, you may not be able to practice the homework checks (as either a teacher or “student”) at the seminar.

Please talk to your manager or senior teachers about access to these homework materials.

4. Pre-quiz

An online pre-quiz, based on the assigned preparation above, will be sent to your school a week or so before the seminar. This quiz should be taken closed-book, so be sure to familiarize yourself with the content above before taking it.

Please talk to your managers or senior teachers if you have not received the link for the quiz by the Monday before the seminar.

We look forward to seeing you at the seminar!