PLS Teacher's Manual (3rd Edition)

You may view and/or download the individual sections of the manual from the list below. All manual entry pages are JIS B5 size, except where noted.

Introduction

• Getting Started (3 July 2016)

• PLS Seminars (3 July 2016)

• Other Resources (3 July 2016)

Fundamentals

• Important Points in Teaching English to Children (3 July 2016)

• Flashing Cards (3 July 2016)

• Error Correction (3 July 2016)

• A Case for Actively Teaching Pronunciation (3 July 2016)

• Teaching New Phrases (3 July 2016)

Listening-Based Homework

• Checking and Assigning Homework (3 July 2016)

• Homework, Reading and Writing Sequence (16 December 2016)

• Daily Expressions (16 December 2016)

• Alphabet and Calendar Click (3 July 2016)

• PLS Click and Rank Home Study CDs (3 July 2016)

• Kanji English (3 July 2016)

• Question/Answer (3 July 2016)

• Pera-Pera Daruma (3 July 2016)

• Ormandy's Opposites (3 July 2016)

• Trialogs (3 July 2016)

• Words Words Words (11 October 2018)

Listening Homework Follow-Through

• Daily Expressions Hint Game (3 July 2016)

• Daily Expressions 1-2-3 Game (3 July 2016)

• Question/Answer Follow-Through Games (3 July 2016)

• Ask Me Knots (3 July 2016)

• Cue Cards for Question/Answer Set B (3 July 2016)

• Small Talk (3 July 2016)

• Nice to Meet You (3 July 2016)

• Ormandy's Opposites Follow-Through Game (3 July 2016)

PLS Classes

• The PLS Rank System (3 July 2016)

• Rank Goals (30 May 2020)

  • Rank Goals poster, English [A3]

  • Rank Goals poster, Japanese [A3]

• Rank Testing (3 July 2016)

• 10th ~ 1st Rank Requirements (16 December 2016)

• Nothing to Shout About (3 July 2016)

• Japanese in Class (3 July 2016)

• Using Class Planner/Record Sheets (3 July 2016)

• Teacher and Student Files (3 July 2016)

Class Opening/Closing Activities

• Greet Sheets (3 July 2016)

• Enterquest (3 July 2016)

• Peer Greeting & Peer Talk (3 July 2016)

• Speak 'n Sit (3 July 2016)

• Roll-Taking & Speed Roll (3 July 2016)

• Parting Lines & Peer Parting (3 July 2016)

Student-Centering

• Teacher's Assistant (3 July 2016)

• Zones (3 July 2016)

• Lobby English (3 July 2016)

• Kids' Classroom English (KCE) Cards (3 July 2016)

Flashcard-Based Activities

• Flashcard Games (3 July 2016)

  • Articles on individual games:

  • A General Note on Winning and Losing (3 July 2016)

  • Treasure Hunt (3 July 2016)

  • Can/Can't Piles (3 July 2016)

  • Rewind Game (3 July 2016)

  • Slide & Hide (3 July 2016)

  • Point & Say (3 July 2016)

  • The Collect Game (3 July 2016)

  • The UFO Game (3 July 2016)

  • Racing games (3 July 2016)

  • The Memory Game (a.k.a. Noun Recall) (3 July 2016)

  • Flash Five (3 July 2016)

  • What's Missing? (3 July 2016)

  • What Am I Hiding? (3 July 2016)

  • Rabbit Ears (3 July 2016)

  • Stand Up, Sit Down (3 July 2016)

  • Teaching numbers using playing cards (3 July 2016)

• Family Cards (3 July 2016)

• Time-Telling and Clock Cards (3 July 2016)

• Chameleon Cards (3 July 2016)

• Pro-Cons (3 July 2016)

• Intro-bits (3 July 2016)

• Qwestion-ables (3 July 2016)

• Shopaholics (3 July 2016)

• Prepositions of Time and Place (3 July 2016)

• Telephone Dialogues (3 July 2016)

Sentence-Making and Self-Expression Activities

• Quick Response Questions (3 July 2016)

• Elementary Openers & Lies (3 July 2016)

• Grammar-ettes (3 July 2016)

• Adjective Games (3 July 2016)

• May We Sit Down / If... / If... Say... (3 July 2016)

• Class Info Game (3 July 2016)

• Colored Word Cubes (3 July 2016)

• CC Cards and JHS CC Cards (3 July 2016)

Other Games & Activities

• Bingo Games (3 July 2016)

• Aniverb and Anoccuverb Bingo (3 July 2016)

• Paired Command Cards (PCCs) (2 Nov 2016)

• Paired Interview Cards (PICs) (3 July 2016)

• Double Action Verb Cards (3 July 2016)

• Teaching the Past Tense (3 July 2016)

• Locactions (3 July 2016)

• Ango Eigo (3 July 2016)

• Comparative Logic (3 July 2016)

• Gem Hunters (3 July 2016)

• Verb Attack (3 July 2016)

Reading and Writing Activities

• Phonics and Reading (3 July 2016)

• Phonic Charts (3 July 2016)

• Phonic Chart Games (3 July 2016)

  • Articles on individual games:

  • Procedure for Most Games (3 July 2016)

  • Direct Chip (3 July 2016)

  • The I.D. Game (3 July 2016)

  • Point and Say (3 July 2016)

  • Tic Tac Toe (or Bingo) (3 July 2016)

  • Phonics Othello (3 July 2016)

  • The Attack Game (3 July 2016)

  • The Chart 6 Game (3 July 2016)

  • Vowel Game (3 July 2016)

  • "Cuh-Buh-Duh" (3 July 2016)

  • Phonintensity (3 July 2016)

  • Make It, Take It (3 July 2016)

• The Snake Game (3 July 2016)

• Pronunciation Boards (3 July 2016)

Reading and Writing Homework

• My First ABC Adventure (31 July 2021)

• Korectable ABCs (3 July 2016)

• Sounds of English (3 July 2016)

• Family & Friends Workbook (3 July 2016)

• Oxford Reading Tree (3 July 2016)

• Beyond Daily Expressions (16 December 2016)

• Journal Writing (3 July 2016)

• True Stories (3 July 2016)*

*The textbook titles used in the True Stories manual entry refer to the previous edition. The publisher has retitled the series (more info), however the content is mostly the same and there are no changes to the procedure described in the manual.