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

Team Teaching from the Perspective of ALTs

Nov 1, 2025, 3:05 PM
30m
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
Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Teacher and Professional Development Room 407

Speaker

Dr Tomohisa Machida (Akita International University)

Description

This presentation examines how ALTs perceive their team-teaching experiences with JTEs. Although team teaching has become increasingly common across Japanese schools, challenges in collaboration persist. Through surveys of 77 ALTs across four prefectures, this study explores pre-, during-, and post-teaching collaboration in English instruction. Findings indicate that while interaction is more active during lessons, pre- and post-teaching collaboration remains limited, potentially leading to ineffective teamwork. Findings and suggestions for effective team teaching will be discussed.

Summary

This presentation examines how ALTs perceive their team-teaching experiences with JTEs. Although team teaching has become increasingly common across Japanese schools, challenges in collaboration persist. Through surveys of 77 ALTs across four prefectures, this study explores pre-, during-, and post-teaching collaboration in English instruction. Findings indicate that while interaction is more active during lessons, pre- and post-teaching collaboration remains limited, potentially leading to ineffective teamwork. Findings and suggestions for effective team teaching will be discussed.

Teaching Context Teaching children

Author

Dr Tomohisa Machida (Akita International University)

Presentation materials