Our Mission

What is TEMI?

TEMI is Teaching English Methods Institute, a community of teachers, administrators and organizations involved with teaching English in Japan from preschool to adults. It is an NPO teacher-support network and an idea pool that has officially served the English teaching community of Japan since 1996.

Upcoming Seminar Info for 2018


YOU are cordially invited
to attend our
TEMI Fukuoka Seminars
Attending TEMI Fukuoka Seminar benefits include chances to:
* Tour Little America School/ view classroom set-ups/take pictures
* See Little America students in action/take pictures
* Interview students after observing their class
* Browse through Little America Book Store products first hand/ ask
questions /receive consultation/see bargains
* Place orders directly with our Little America Mail Order Service & receive the
Special TEMI Member Seminar Day Discount of 25%.

February 18

 11AM-12PM TEMI Online Conference
How Warm-ups Bring Students into the English Zone
Presenter: Helene J. Uchida
* FREE for TEMI Members
February 25
 		10AM-1PM
2PM-5PM		 1. Successful Methods/Tempo
2. Essential Materials/Formats
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March 25

 10AM-1PM
2PM-5PM		 3. Attaining Teacher Standards
4. Games to Activate English
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April 22
 10AM-1PM
2PM-5PM		 5. Elevating Student Standards
6. Interactive Presentations/Songs
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May 27
 10AM-1PM
2PM-5PM		 7. Classroom Behavior/Rules
8. Teacher & Student Goals/
Holiday Activities
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June 24
 10AM-1PM
2PM-5PM		 1. Successful Methods/Tempo
2. Essential Materials/FormatsClick
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August 26
 10AM-1PM
2PM-5PM		 3. Attaining Teacher Standards
4. Games to Activate English
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*August 27-31
 11AM-8PM TEMI Summer In-house for Busy Teachers
September 30
 10AM-1PM
2PM-5PM		 5. Elevating Student Standards
6. Interactive Presentations/Songs
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November 11
 10AM-1PM
2PM-5PM		 7. Classroom Behavior/Rules
8. Teacher & Student Goals/
Holiday Activities
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Please contact Sakiko Kojima for support with inexpensive hotel reservations.


TEMI Seminars in other cities can be arranged by TEMI members who can
organize/gather/recruit 10 attendees in their location of choice.
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News Flash!

2018/04/10  2nd TEMI Online Conference
2018/01/29  TEMI Carat System Has Changed
2018/01/29  TEMI is happy to announce our 2018 TEMI Teacher of the Year
2018/01/25  TEMI now accepting applications for Teacher of the Year. Or do you want to nominate a colleague?
2017/11/24  Helene’s PRIMARY ADVICE columns from THE JAPAN NEWS are online now

TEMI In-house seminars

We're are always open to applications for personalized TEMI In-house seminars to suit your needs.
Some schools send their new teachers to us for training. Our attendees have included novices and veterans, Japanese and non Japanese, school owners and staff.
We can make a special time schedule according to your availability and create a special program according to your specific requests.

Our TEMI In-house Seminar is from Monday to Friday, 11:30 to 8PM (30 minutes for lunch).
It includes observation and team teaching of Little America classes, reading & reviewing Little America’s teaching manual, orientation and consultation with Sohei Uchida & Helene J. Uchida, attending teachers’ meetings, Q & A sessions, games & materials explanations and viewing TEMI Seminar DVDs.
One, two, three-day seminars and full week seminars are also available.

Fee: 20,000yen per day (TEMI members: 18,000yen)
Hours: 8 hours per day (including lunch)
For recommendations, please look here:
http://temi.or.jp/en/seminar-recommendation
Sohei and Helene look forward to helping YOU.