Getting Japanese Students to Speak Up / Eliminating “dead time” in the classroom

November 21 @ 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

This Autumn Workshop is sponsored by Alma Publishing .

Bruno Vannieu, Alma Publishing (19:30 – 20:15)
Getting Japanese Students to Speak Up
Registered participants of the Autumn Workshop will receive free access to the Udemy course Getting Your Students to Speak in the Japanese Classroom (normally ¥3600). This 70-minute course, featuring real classroom footage, presents a practical framework for energizing any Japanese EFL classroom—regardless of students’ initial motivation or class size. In the workshop, we’ll look at several key strategies from the course. Ideally, participants will have viewed the course beforehand, so we can dive straight into discussion. But don’t worry, everyone is welcome to join, even if you haven’t had the chance to go through it yet.

Bruno Vannieu has been teaching French at the university level in Japan for over 25 years, including eleven years at Kobe University, where he was honored with the Best Teacher Award on six occasions. His research centers on intercultural communication and language pedagogy. He is the author of Getting Your Students to Speak in the Japanese Classroom and has co-authored numerous French and English language textbooks.

Stephen Richmond, Bukkyo University (20:15 – 21:00)
Eliminating “dead time” in the classroom – Techniques for keeping as many students on task for as long as humanly possible
In speaking classes, we want to make some time to interact with students one-on-one; whether that is giving conversation tests, listening to their oral production, or giving direct feedback. But what do other students do while teachers are working with individuals or pairs? In this workshop, we’ll go over a few simple ideas to keep our students focussed and on task during those times.

Stephen Richmond has been teaching EFL in Japan and researching intercultural communication since 1999. He currently teaches at Bukkyo University in Kyoto. He has written and co-written several English language textbooks and phrasebooks, and has been involved in editing and translating newspapers, magazines, and other media.

Register now to get the Zoom link and your Udemy coupon:
https://form.jotform.com/almalang/2025-autumn-workshop-registration