The Free Talk Conversation series
All-in-one Textbook • Videos • Workbook
Are you tired of teaching tedious lessons, about tiresome subjects, trying to lead a discussion that feels like pulling teeth? I was, so I wrote these fun, easy-to-use textbooks. Now, my students love taking my lessons and I love teaching them, especially because I never need to prepare a lesson again.
Each book '(currently there are three) is a textbook with workbook exercises that has QR code links to individual video lessons for each of the 42 lessons featured. The course is suitable for adult students of English as a foreign language of an intermediate or advanced level.
I use the books to teach weekly lessons to my adult university age (and older) Japanese students who want to expand their fluency through discussion of engaging topics. Each book is good for a year’s worth of lessons. You could use the books for groups, or one-to-one lessons, in person or online. Students typically watch the video before the lesson, either doing the workbook exercises at home before or during the lesson, or use the videos if they have missed an in-person lesson. I leave it up to each student.
Each book is a complete year’s course of study — including textbook, videos and workbook, all in one.
42 lessons for intermediate and advanced Japanese adult students of English as a foreign language.
No additional planning required for the teacher or student.
Every lesson has a link and QR code to a free video.
Each lesson is self-contained and is flexible to cover a 20-45 minute one-to-one lesson or up to 60-minutes as a group lesson.
The lessons are designed to encourage conversation with interesting, but timeless topics
Lessons include a video link, starter question, short reading extract, comprehension questions, discussion questions, and a role play or other suggested activity.
All lessons are designed to boost speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.
Lesson topics cover books, history, travel, movies, money, health and well-being.
Written by a former British journalist who has been teaching Japanese students of English for more than 20 years.
