Lesson Ideas

 

	Dream English  Excellent chants and music available free of charge.
	Genki English   Great for your Elementary lesson planning. A collection of games, songs and ideas for use by teachers of languages to children.
	Sendai Education   Great for Assistant Language Teachers! This is the site that inspired our site.
	Englipedia   An Assistant Language Teacher made this site. Has a lot of ideas for the classroom. One great feature of this website is that every ALT can use this site regardless of the textbook  they use.
	English     Free resources for teachers of young learners.  All of the resources are designed to be versatile and useful in many K-6 classrooms.
	Three Wise Monkeys   Good for warm-up last min games. Caters to a variety of levels, but in essence offers lively, communicative activities.
	Public Domain Clipart PDClipart.org is a HUGE collection of public domain clip art. The collection is FREE and NO REGISTRATION is required.
	WP Clipart   An Assistant Language Teacher made this site. Has a lot of ideas for the classroom. One great feature of this website is that every ALT can use this site regardless of the textbook  they use.
	Clker    WPClipart is a collection of high-quality public domain images specifically tailored for use in word processors.
	Boggle's World Variety of clipart: by far the most popular resource downloaded from Lantern Fish. These cards are ideal for teaching vocabulary.
	MES English Over 1800 words depicted on flashcards.  There are 100+ sets covering 60+ themes and are added to regularly.
	Discovery Education       Add graphics to your next project, whether it’s for home or school. Choose from hundreds of original clipart including animations!
	ESL Flashcards                Download 100s of free flash cards. Every set of flashcards comes in color and 3 different sizes to make teaching easier.
	Clip Art Factory This website is in Japanese but it's great. It has a lot of clipart that is good for Japanese things.

 

 

Valuable Resources

	The British National Corpus   The British National Corpus (BNC) is a 100 million word collection of samples of written and spoken language from a wide range of sources, designed to represent a wide cross- of current British English,   both spoken and written.
	American National Corpus  The British National Corpus (BNC) is a 100 million word collection of samples of written and spoken language from a wide range of sources, designed to represent a wide cross- of current British English,   both spoken and written.
	Puzzlemaker    Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, English puzzles, and more, using your own word lists.
	English/Japanese Sometimes we need to write a short phrase or sentence in Japanese. Use this from Yahoo. It is the closest you can get to a normal translation.
	Japanese Manga in English    Great! Great!! This site has loads of manga in English - try it! You'll be impressed. I don’t know if the pictures can be copied.
	Train Timetables   Here is a time table for Japan's trains.  It shows the actual fares and times for each station.  You can type it in Romaji.
	Pension Fund                                    Find out about what you are entitled to when you leave Japan.  Don't miss out on an opportunity for a lump-sum refund payment
	American Embassy                             Find  various information about marriage, visas and traveling
	Australian Embassy            Find  various information about marriage, visas and traveling
	Thai Embassy                Find  various information about marriage, visas and traveling
	New Zealand Embassy       Find  various information about marriage, visas and traveling
	British Embassy             Find  various information about marriage, visas and traveling