Pearson Japan is excited to invite you to the upcoming young learners teachers’ workshops that will be held in Tokyo and Osaka. The schedule is as followed:
Date & Time: February 24th, 2019, Sunday (Doors open at 12:30) Venue: Osaka, At Business Center Shinsaibashi Eki-Mae
Date & Time: March 3rd, 2019, Sunday (Doors open at 12:30) Venue: Tokyo, Nellie’s Ltd. <Tokyo Head Office>
Fees: 2,500 yen (incl. tax)
To Apply: Pre-registration required. Seats are limited – first come, first served. We recommend to register early.
Setsunan University students, who have won the first prize in the Presentation Section in phase 1 of the Marvel Reader contest, taking place between 20 July, 2018 and 30 September, 2018, expressed their delight on the university’s website in this article.
Meanwhile, phase 2 of the Marvel Reader contest will be starting soon. The contest is open for submissions from 19. November, 2018 (Monday) until 31 January, 2019 (Thursday). We invite every school to participate in the contest. To learn more about the 2nd phase, click here.
Pearson Japan is pleased to announce that phase 2 of our Marvel Readers Contest, aiming at encouraging learners to read, is about to start soon. We will be accepting entries between 19th November and 31st January 2019. This contest is open to groups who have read Marvel Readers. All they need to do is introduce the books in their own words either in writing or in a video presentation. The winner will get a Pearson Readers Full Library Set, containing 263 titles.
The 44th Annual International Conference on Language Teaching and Learning & Educational Materials Exhibition (JALT conference) will take place from Friday, November 23, to Monday, November 26, 2018, at the Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center (Granship) Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan. As every year, Pearson Japan will be giving presentations at the conference, and you can visit our booth to see our new titles. This year, you have many chances to win great prizes at the Pearson booth. Click here for details.
As announced earlier this year, Pearson has released new reader sets – Marvel Readers, Marvel Kids Readers and Doctor Who Readers. All of these readers have arrived in Japan now and are ready to be ordered.
For a list of all new readers released in 2018, including more details about the Marvel and Doctor Who titles, please click here.
To learn about 4 ways to use the new Doctor Who Readers in your class click here.
We are happy to announce the winners of the Marvel Readers Contest that took place from 20 July, 2018 until 30 September, 2018. We would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for participating!
The winners have been chosen with the help of Marc Helgesen, professor at Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University, Sendai and one of the founders and former chairperson of the Extensive Reading Foundation. It was a tough decision as all writing and presentation submissions were excellent and well thought through. Each prize winner has been picked after a thorough evaluation of various criteria.
Ms. Erica FUKUI
Selected Title: Marvel’s The Avengers
Marc Helgesen’s Comment:
”I like the attention you are paying to the team effort and the fact they all (and we all as humans) have different strengths and skills. Maybe that is one of the most important themes from books like the Avengers.
And I am very impressed that this was written by an elementary school student. I hope you continue reading and learning English. Best wishes for great success.”
Employee
Ms. Yuko SAITO
Selected Title: Marvel’s Captain America
Marc Helgesen’s Comment:
”Good presentation style. The point about the culture gap, related to things like gesture, facial expressions and jokes, is important. I like the way she tied herself to Capt. America’s line, “I can do this all day.”
We will soon send out the prizes to all the winners.
Thanks again to everyone participating in this campaign!
Watch out for another Marvel Readers related campaign which we are planning to run between the middle of November and the end of January next year! We are looking forward to your participation!
Our Jury
Marc Helgesen is an author of over 180 English language teaching articles, books and textbooks including Pearson’s popular English Firsthand series. He is a founder and former chairperson of the Extensive Reading Foundation (www.ERFoundation.org). He’s professor at Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University, Sendai
Marc Helgesen is an author of over 180 English language teaching articles, books and textbooks including Pearson’s popular English Firsthand series. He is a founder and former chairperson of the Extensive Reading Foundation (w