http://genkienglish.net/teaching Hints & ideas for teaching English in a fun, exciting & genki way. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:48:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en EDIT:  The Youtube video below works now! It's your Sunday day off in China, so what do you do? You go to the Great Wall! I always thought it would be way out in the middle of nowhere, but it's right next to Beijing. You just pop on the highway for less ... http://genkienglish.net/teaching/great-wall-of-china-birthday-eggs Yes it's Saturday, and yes we have teacher training and yes the kids are in school as well. Working hard seems to be second nature here. Genki English This morning was supposed to be simply getting the teachers to teach another Genki English lesson each. But word seemed to have ... http://genkienglish.net/teaching/day-3-chinese-school-lunch Regular readers will know that day 2 is always the hardest in any training. Day 1 is always "Wow, this is amazing". Day 2 is "Wooo, we'll never be able to do this". Luckily day 3 is usually "Wow, we can do this!". This morning started off well enough with going ... http://genkienglish.net/teaching/day-2-blues-chinese-food I have to be a little careful how I blog about this trip for various reasons. Let's just say that we're not working with the rich posh schools nor the government schools. The project here is to help children who really are poor get an excellent education, which can sometimes ... http://genkienglish.net/teaching/teaching-in-china I'm very tired as I write this, but I'm now in Beijing! Tomorrow is the start of a week of workshops, but today was arriving after a long flight and meetings for most of the day. It's great again to be working with such a dedicated team. Beijing is ... http://genkienglish.net/teaching/genki-in-beijing Hopefully I should be flying back across Russia to China at the moment. I've just spent a very nice few days in France. Genki French should hopefully be ready before the New Year. Even though I was at Uni in Grenoble I didn't realise just how close France and England are.  ... http://genkienglish.net/teaching/eating-lapin-in-france