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Take any problem in the World and it's invariably caused ( or made worse)
by a lack of education. Too many kids hate school because it's too boring.
The aim of Genki Learning is to have all subjects in all countries taught
in a fun, engaging and effective way. There are already a few million kids
benefiting from this, and even a whole country where the government has
put it in all their schools. But there's still a long way to go!
While I'm on the road you'll hear about my travels & workshops, and
when I'm doing studio work I'll keep you up to date with ideas, updates
to the site and some of my favourite teaching resources. So if you want
to find out what's it's like behind the scenes or how & why I do what
I do or even if you're just nosey or a bit bored, have a read.
I'll update the diary as often as I can, so keep coming back. And of course
whilst I'm away, the office staff are always ready to send off your CD orders just as soon as you send them in!
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Sustainability Education is a hugely important new trend and is something I’m hoping to help with in the future.
Long-time Genki English contributor, Joel Bacha, is conducting research to assist the new UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. Part of the research investigates the perceptions of the word ’sustainability’ across languages and cultures through an online questionnaire.
Joel would love it if Genki English viewers could complete the questionnaire ( it takes just 10 minutes) and contribute to the improvement of teaching and learning throughout the decade-long initiative.
The questionnaire can be found at the following link http://www.questionbuilder.com/console/TakeSurvey?id=26269
I ordered Brett Manning’s Singing Success vocal programme today. In his “Philosophy of Learning” section he writes:
Have you ever seen the movie Karate Kid? Singing Success uses the same “wax on, wax off” approach to learning. You’ll improve steadily by doing simple exercises that retrain your muscles to automatically respond with new coordinations.
That’s exactly what you do with Genki English. The kids think they are simply playing games or singing songs, but what they’re actually doing is getting really good at English. The added advantage with being Genki is that waxing on and waxing off isn’t a chore, it’s actually really fun!
Try learning some German or Japanese this way, you’ll find it works for anyone.
If you want to know how Brett’s course works out, I’ll let you know in a couple of weeks…
Yesterday I had a drum lesson ( I need to learn some new styles for the next CD). It was great, the teacher came up with simple stuff that sounded really, really cool. I walked out of there on a total high, in fact so much so that I hired the studio out for another hour to practice.
Today I had a turntable lesson ( I need to learn some new styles for the Hip Hop songs). The teacher was cool, but … he started at the beginning with beat matching and stuff. “The essentials” some people say, but there was nothing for me to get excited about, where was the funky cool stuff to make me walk out of the class thinking “Wow, I could do that!”?
It’s of the most importance for a trial class, but also for every lesson, motivating the students to walk out of there thinking “That was cool! I want to get good at this!” is the only way to get them to do homework that sticks.
Next week I’ve booked a drum course. The DJ course, hmmm, still “thinking about it” (and we all know how that will turn out).
If you enjoy reading my blog ( why else would you be here? : ) ), then two very Genki English readers have set up their own. They run down what they do in their lessons and it’s a great insight into how other teachers put the stuff to use in real classrooms.
Have a look at Sunomata’s Blog and Roger’s blog.
If you’d like to set up your own ( it’s a great way to share, and to keep track of what you’ve done in which class!), let me know and I’ll set you up!
Two posts in one day, eh. Here’s an idea I just heard from Koko, a teacher in Fukuoka, - Halloween Janken! It’s just like normal Janken, but “rock” becomes “Pumpkin“, “paper” becomes a “Spider” ( your fingers become legs) and “scissors” is a V for “Vampire!”.
Pumpkin, spider, vampire, 1,2,3! Enjoy!
I put another two picture books in the “beta test” section of the forum today. One is to go with CD5’s “Creepy Crawlies” theme, and one is a Christmas mashup of CD5’s “Where is Mr Monkey?” ( under on, in etc.) and CD4’s “Where, where, where?“. Have a look and see what you think!
PS I also put up an Easter book the other day, but I hope you won’t be using that one just yet!
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