Read more about the article TPPT in the Real Classroom: Part 3 Planning Under Pressure
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TPPT in the Real Classroom: Part 3 Planning Under Pressure

Alan Granada is an ALT in Kanagawa, teaching English across elementary, junior, and senior high schools. He helps students build communicative confidence by starting from what they can already do and using Adrian Leis’ Task 1-Present-Practice-Task 2 framework, or TPPT. See Part 1 and Part 2. Recently, a JTE asked me, shortly before class, if…

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13 August 2026
Read more about the article TPPT in the Real Classroom: Part 2 Choosing the Right Expression
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TPPT in the Real Classroom: Part 2 Choosing the Right Expression

Alan Granada is an ALT in Kanagawa, teaching English across elementary, junior, and senior high schools. He helps students build communicative confidence by starting from what they can already do and using Adrian Leis’ Task 1-Present-Practice-Task 2 framework, or TPPT. For Part 1, click here. After teaching the first lesson, one question stayed with me.…

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10 August 2026
Read more about the article TPPT in the Real Classroom: Part 1 Building the Framework
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TPPT in the Real Classroom: Part 1 Building the Framework

Alan Granada is an ALT in Kanagawa, teaching English across elementary, junior, and senior high schools. He helps students build communicative confidence by starting from what they can already do and using Adrian Leis' Task 1-Present-Practice-Task 2 framework, or TPPT, to guide them through input noticing, flexible output supports, and interaction tasks that gradually increase…

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27 July 2026
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New ES Textbook Features And How To Use Them by Mikayla Govern

by Mikayla GovernBio: Mikayla Govern is from Midwest America. She completed her bachelor's degree in International Studies and has been working in the international sector ever since. She worked at one of the largest banking corporations in the world before finding her passion for teaching. Now, she works in the Saitama and Tokyo area…

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13 February 2019
ALT / Elementary School / English in Japan / Japanese Public Schools / Japanese Students / JET / MEXT / textbooks

The Features Of Elementary Education by Mikayla Govern

by Mikayla GovernBio: Mikayla Govern is from Midwest America. She completed her bachelor's degree in International Studies and has been working in the international sector ever since. She worked at one of the largest banking corporations in the world before finding her passion for teaching. Now, she works in the Saitama and…

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6 February 2019
Elementary School / English in Japan / Japanese Public Schools / Japanese Students / JTE / picture books / small talk / technology

Can ES Teachers In Japan REALLY Teach English ALONE? by David L. Hayter

by David L. HayterBio: David L. Hayter works as a Lead Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Japan. Although he primarily teaches junior high school, he has taught all the grades from kindergarten through ninth grade.Aside from teaching classes in junior high school, his other duties include training and managing new ALTs, designing and…

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30 October 2018
ALT / ALTTO / Elementary School / English in Japan / Japanese Public Schools / Japanese Students / JET / JHS / JTE / MEXT

7 Reasons Why English Only Classes Alone Won’t Fix Japan’s English Problems by David L. Hayter

by David L. Hayter Bio: David L. Hayter works as a Lead Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Japan. Although he primarily teaches junior high school, he has taught all the grades from kindergarten through ninth grade. Aside from teaching classes in junior high school, his other duties include training and managing new…

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22 October 2018