🎟️ EIKEN Buddy Pass is here! Invite 3 teacher friends and the 4th joins FREE!Choose your session dates & grow together with ELLI.
🔊 Preparing students for EIKEN should go beyond memorization and shortcuts. Discover how the EIKEN Buddy Pass helps teaching teams build stronger, more communicative, and EIKEN-ready classrooms — together.
👉 Read more and bring your team on board! ✈️
Designing Eiken-Ready Classrooms
Beyond Test Tricks. Toward Real Performance.
Preparing students for EIKEN should go beyond memorization and shortcuts. Discover how the EIKEN Buddy Pass helps teaching teams build stronger, more communicative, and EIKEN-ready classrooms — together.👉 Read more and bring your team on board!
CLIL workshop for elementary and junior high school teachers (Online | March 2026)
Last March 1, educators from across Japan joined ELLI online for our Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) workshop. Together, we explored practical strategies to design lessons where students don’t just learn English — they use it to think, inquire, and communicate meaningfully.Curious about how CLIL can transform your lessons? 👉 Read the full article here.
Language Teachers’ Café (Feb 22, 2025)
In our February session, educators across Japan shared honest reflections on the realities of team teaching — from unclear roles and miscommunication to inspiring examples of true collaboration. The conversation shifted from frustration to thoughtful reflection, reminding us that intentional communication can turn team teaching into real teamwork. 👉 Read the full article here.
The English Language Learning Institute is a registered general incorporated organization that provides high quality professional development for English teachers in Japan and effective English immersion programs to Japanese learners of English. We engage in the following programs:
1. Conducting training on English language teaching and learning.
2. Conducting research on English language teaching and learning.
3. Developing and implementing short-term intensive English courses.
4. Planning English courses, developing and producing teaching materials, and other instructional materials.
5. Providing guidance to teachers and promoting continuing professional development.
6. Promoting intercultural understanding through social and community events.
7. Other activities necessary to achieve the organization's objectives.
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