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| Teaching Materials Donft worry about bringing textbooks or teaching guides (for example, how to teach phonics, how to teach grammar, etc.) At the Board of Education, we have an extensive library of books on teaching and activity ideas. Plus there is the large database of activities on this website, created by ALTs and tailored to the textbooks used in Sendai schools. What you should bring is realia (actual objects for using in class), such as photos, maps, postcards, etc. You can use all these materials in your self-introduction lessons and in many regular classes. Try to think of a few small things you could potentially use in classes , a fast-food menu, map of your town, train schedule for your area, tourist pamphlets, coins, stamps, etc. Post cards are also helpful. If possible get these materials laminated, as youfll be passing them around a lot of students (not all schools have laminating machines) If you can find cheap stickers, they make very popular prizes (surprisingly even for 15 year old students). Other ideas are 1 cent stamps or coins. Rubber stamps for marking are good too, but there are many available locally. Most importantly, bring lots and lots of pictures. Anything will help, pictures of your family, house, school, neighborhood, local market, pet or ex-boyfriend/girlfriend. If you donft have space in your baggage, bring a CD of pictures instead and get them printed out after you arrive. |