Welcome to the links page. I had trouble making the links on this page work that's why you don't see the nice navigation bar at the top. Rather than go through and manually make all the links I decided to just leave it like this. To get back to the home page Click on the home page icon on the right. You can go anywhre you want from there. Sorry, Darrel

Miyazaki Links

www.mif.or.jp - Miyazaki International Center home page

www.pref.miyazaki.jp/english/index.htm - Facts about Miyazaki. We’re #1 in green pepper output!!

JET Links

www.ajet.net - National AJET’s page

www.jetsetjapan.com - loaded with info about everything

www.bigdaikon.com - great if you want to bitch about anything

www.geocities.com/ajetdestinations/ - home page for AJET

Japan Links

www.asahi.com/english/ - Asashi newspaper

www.yomiyuri.co.jp/index_e.htm - Daily Yomiuri newspaper

www.japantimes.co.jp - Japan Times newspaper

http.mdn.mainichi.co.jp - Mainichi newspaper

www.jref.com - surprise! Japan reference

www.jpopmusic.com - Morning Musume, Kinki Kids, GLAY, all the basics...

http://jin.jcic.or.jp - has tidbits about all prefectures in Japan. Stats available.

Teaching Links
Would you like to make the best use of the TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) content available on the Internet? Do you need help planning activities? Are you sometimes short of ideas? Do you want to save time? The Internet contains a wealth of free materials to help you create varied and motivating lessons; here are some of the best websites available.

Downloadable lesson plans and activities

www.insideout.net

www.reward-english.net

www.skyline-english.com

www.getrealenglish.com

www.englishupgrade.com

These sites offer up-to-date information; free teaching activities and regular free e-lessons for adults and young adults.

 

www.shine-english.com

www.smart-macmillan.com

These sites are specifically aimed at lessons for teenage learners and contain information on how to teach teenagers and free downloadable activities and worksheets.

 

www.the-bus-stop.net

www.wayahead-english.com

These sites are specifically aimed at younger learners and contain information on using songs and games in the classroom. There are many downloadable activities and games suitable for Elementary and Junior High school students.

 

http://www.edochan.com/

Check out the “Three wise monkeys” link for hundreds of class activities developed by ALTs in Tochigi Prefecture.

 

http://bogglesworld.com/

This site is for teachers teaching EFL to Elementary and Junior High school age students. They have great flashcards and worksheets.

 

TEFL Clip Art

http://www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/JapanProj/FLClipart/

This site contains free clip art for teachers

http://www.webplaces.com/html/clipart.htm

This is a guide to hundreds of free and not-so-free clip art sites.

 

TEFL Organizations

http://www.eltnews.com

This is a website specifically for EFL teachers in Japan. Everything you ever wanted to know…

 

www.eslcafe.com

Dave Sperling’s ESL Café. An excellent site with great links and chat pages specifically for EFL teachers.

 

www.jalt.org

The Japan Association of Language Teachers is a non-profit organization of Language teachers. They hold regular meetings and conferences and there is a Miyazaki chapter run by Hugh Nichol. More information can be found at http://allagash.miyazaki-mu.ac.jp/MiyaJALT/

 

www.onesopenglish.com

This site has plenty of free lesson plans, warmers, activities, games, methodology articles and information on teaching skills. If you register with them, they will e-mail you regular sample lesson plans.

 

http://iteslj.org/

This is the monthly Internet TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Journal. It contains great links as well as articles, research papers, lesson plans, handouts and teaching ideas.

Puzzle-Making software

http://www.puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com

http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesl/quizzes/help/write-mc.html

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/work_sheets

http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/Authoring/authorin.htm

Explore these websites for free software that enables you to create your own crosswords, word searches, bingo cards and puzzles.

 

www.genkienglish.net - great ideas for elementary school visits

www.daveseslcafe.com - anything under the sun related to teaching in a foreign country

http://puzzlemaker.com/ - create your own maze, word search, crossword... puzzles

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ - inquiry activities that use information from internet

www.towerofenglish.com - games

 

Random Links

www.engrish.com - always good for when you need to laugh

www.bbc.co.uk - great for news back home

www.nzoom.com - good New Zealand site

www.stompers.com - cool story about a guy who saves money in Japan and then sees the world

www.xe.com/ucc - currency converter

www.pollstar.com - search for concerts coming to Japan/anywhere

www.allrecipes.com/default.asp - when you need recipes for a cooking class or for yourself

www.alc.co.jp - great for translation help

www.rikai.com - popup kanji explanations that can used when visiting any Japanese website

www.livejournal.com - online journal. Great way for loved ones to keep in touch.