October 31, 2025 to November 2, 2025
National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター
Asia/Tokyo timezone

Teach Happy: The five ìEísî of English Firsthand

Nov 1, 2025, 2:30 PM
1h
National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

3-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-0052 / 〒151-0052 東京都渋谷区代々木神園町3-1

Speaker

Michael Rost (Author, Editor, Teacher Trainer, Researcher)

Description

Sponsored by Pearson Japan
As a tribute to author Marc Helgesen, English Firsthand series editor Michael Rost will outline the history of this successful series, highlighting key educational principles that have guided its development through five editions. These principles are represented as 5 “e’s”: entertainment, engagement, expression, elaboration, and embodiment. For each of these principles, several examples from the series will be illustrated. Participants will receive an e-book expansion of the presentation: Teach Happy, Learn Better.

Summary

As a tribute to author Marc Helgesen, English Firsthand series editor Michael Rost will outline the history of this successful series, highlighting key educational principles that have guided its development through five editions. These principles are represented as 5 “e’s”: entertainment, engagement, expression, elaboration, and embodiment. For each of these principles, several examples from the series will be illustrated. Participants will receive an e-book expansion of the presentation: Teach Happy, Learn Better.

Teaching Context College and university education

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