I hope you are enjoying the New Year Holidays.
2006 has certainly been a fantastic year. The biggest news was the Thai government deciding to put Genki English not only in 5,000 test schools but every primary school in the country. Plus workshops in Germany, Japan and Korea certainly made this a great time.
The best thing for me was the new “easy to teach” methods behind CD6 and the older CD remixes. It’s so great that now all the songs can be taught straight away, with very little preparation. Plus the masses and masses of great games and ideas that you have all sent in. Genki English thrives with your contributions so thank you very much and keep any requests or ideas flowing in.
2007 looks even better with whole new genki courses coming out for new subjects and lots more live workshops, plus hopefully lots more songs and games. Have a fantastic 2007 from everyone at GenkiEnglish.com !
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Steve Pavlina has a very good blog post today starting with “What are the odds of becoming a black belt?“. It’s a problem that many teachers come across of students ( usually adult ) who believe that learning a language is hard or even impossible for them. Steve spells it out in a very nice way, saying that if you put the effort in, start at the beginning and work your way up, everyone can become a black belt, you just have to choose it.
It’s the same with English, anyone who wants to can. There’s no set limit on the number of English speakers there can be in the world. If you want it, take it!
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I’ve just spent the last few days finishing up a DVD of some of the mini lessons and songs from CDs 2 & 3. I’m working with one of the government’s test schools in Okayama, the idea being that DVDs are easier to use than setting up a computer and projector. I was about to ask if anyone else would like to help test out the DVDs in their classes, but… I’m heading off to Europe next week so wouldn’t be able to post any out!
If you do have teachers who are looking to use video in class e.g. when there is no ALT or native speaker around. Then the videos in the Kids English set are the best bet. . Although they feature professional actors they all follow the Genki English method of introducing the vocab ( with lots of location filming), doing the song acapella, then with the music to get everyone genki and then a game to finish. The videos have a description of how to play the game in Japanese, then a quick run through.
Then on the CD for each theme there are several longer recordings to play in class. The Kids English materials are a lot more dense than the normal GE themes as they contain more language, but with the videos and CDs it takes the burden off the Japanese teachers. They can sit back and become one of the kids with all the lesson coming from the videos. And I guess for use in a normal classroom the fact that they are all VHS videos is probably a plus point. Anyway, have a look at the themes we have, the Christmas Eve theme is great!
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We’ve been offering my Kids English set on the site for a while now, but because we’ve secured such a large discount for Genki English readers, we haven’t been able to mention the price. Needless to say lots of people found that frustrating!
But now we can reveal the special Genki English deal. Normally the set retails for 459,900 Yen ( Oh, yes that’s nearly $4,000 - it’s a big, big set!), but the price we’ve managed to work out for you is just 59,800 Yen + tax. That’s over $3,000 discount!
The only disadvantage? The videos are all in VHS, not DVD! But if you prefer VHS or work in a school with video players, it’s a bargain at this price. As usual we can supply invoices, official ordering via school suppliers etc. so you can get your school to pay i.e. you get to use it for free. If you own your own English school we can also supply sets to your students.
It’s well worth while, especially the magical Christmas theme and it would make an amazing Christmas present!
Give us a ring in Japanese at 0898-48-0256 or via email.
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I was at the ACET teachers’ meeting today and realised that Mr Monkey’s Magic Corner works great for Christmas language i.e. “What would you like for Christmas?”. The new worksheet version should prove a hit with your students!
I also introduced the Ultraman Urawaza for “touch your toes”. But everyone could do it without knowing the trick!
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Today I was on the radio to promote the new hip hop podcast songs. The DJ, Tim, uses the kids songs on his TV show and seemed quite impressed with the funky new adult tracks.
I haven’t been on the radio for ages and it was quite a fun time. The studio faces on to a park so people are walking by and waving as you talk, which is quite cool.
It was also the first time I’d heard these songs on a pro audio system, and they do actually sound very nice. I’ve always viewed them as a “work in progress” but you know I think they sound pretty finished. Tim was asking when they are coming out on CD, and I guess they could be just about ready. So if you want to get them for free, hurry over to iTunes and download the podcast version ASAP!
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