Join Us!
TEMI is a community of committed teachers, administrators and organizations involved with teaching English in Japan from the preschool and elementary school level all the way to junior high, high school, university and adults. It is a teacher-support network and idea pool that has officially served the English teaching community of Japan since 1996, then named LATEM (Little America Teaching English Methods). It was founded by Helene Jarmol Uchida, a veteran English teacher from New York who believes that "kokoro" is missing in Japan's English education system.
Membership Types
TEMI membership is registered on a yearly basis. There are three types of membership; please choose the one that is most appropriate for you or your institution.
Membership Type |
Yearly Fee |
Single or Group Membership |
Individual |
3,000 yen |
single |
School Groups |
10,000 yen |
group |
Individual Volunteer* |
5,000 yen |
single |
*Volunteers consist of people who are not teachers but want to support TEMI in an effort to bring about change in English education in Japan.
Registration
To register as a TEMI member please contact us with your full name, address, zip code, and telephone number.
Transfer your payment to:
Nishinippon City Bank, Ozasa Branch, Futsu (savings account), 1057062
Eigokyojuho Kenkyukai
3-6-21 Ozasa, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City 810-0033
TEL:(092) 521-8826 FAX: (092) 521-2288
Member Benefits
- All new TEMI members will receive a bilingual Little America Game Kit Booklet, 30 pages of explanations and instructions on how to make English come alive by playing English games that have proven to be popular with Japanese students.
- As a TEMI Association member you receive a 20% discount at all TEMI Seminars.
- As a TEMI member you will receive a 20% discount at TEMI pioneer and TEMI In-house seminars. (We cannot give discounts to the package seminars or group seminars because they are already discounted.)
- You will receive a 20% discount when ordering from the Little America Mailorder Service. (Please note that we cannot offer discounts on textbooks, except for the Challenge Book series.)
- Our bilingual newsletter "TEMI Teacher's Helper" will be sent direct to your door three times a year.
- Every two months you will receive our bilingual enewsletter, filled with teaching tips and advice.
- You can observe Little America classes in action in Fukuoka.
- Consultation advice and tips are available to you from TEMI's founders, Helene J. Uchida (in English) and Sohei Uchida (in Japanese), through e-mail at: temi@littleamerica.co.jp.
- You or your school will be included in the TEMI Teacher's Network, which helps TEMI teachers find other TEMI teachers for their students if and when they relocate.