http://genkienglish.net/teaching Hints & ideas for teaching English in a fun, exciting & genki way. Fri, 09 May 2008 07:29:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you know, confidence is something I'm very big on. Here's the English version of my "Kodomo Eigo" article this month. "Good" is a good word. When you hear it you feel good. You think to yourself "that was good". It's not bad. It's good. But it could be better... For example ... http://genkienglish.net/teaching/amazing-super-incredible-fantastic In yesterday's newsletter I introduced the new Genki English "One Left" Card Games. Just like the famous game Uno, they are based on the traditional Crazy Eights game and work great in mid to high level classes. Here's another one for you today, for teaching weather and countries. Simply teach the ... http://genkienglish.net/teaching/weather-countries-card-game With Grand Theft Auto IV coming out last week lots of people are thinking about buying a Playstation 3 (PS3) or Xbox. I'd definitely say "Buy the PS3!". It is more money than the Xbox, but it has built in WiFi and a web browser. That means that not only ... http://genkienglish.net/teaching/playstation-3-or-xbox-360 The British Council have set up a new competition for Japanese schools doing exchanges with schools in the UK. The prize? A trip to the school you are doing the exchange with! Looks very interesting, details on the British Council site. Or have a look through some GE projects you ... http://genkienglish.net/teaching/free-trip-to-japan-or-uk There's no doubt that speakers of English in Sweden are much, much more advanced than in many other countries. The question is why? The answer most people give is TV. It does seem that unlike the FIGS countries (France, Italy, Germany and Spain) and larger Asian countries that there is less ... http://genkienglish.net/teaching/why-is-sweden-so-good-at-english So that was my first visit to Sweden. Well, unless you count the time I was invited by a Swedish Princess to the Swedish island on the Switzerland/German border. But that's a different story... For most of today I was actually held up in my hotel trying to catch up on ... http://genkienglish.net/teaching/stockholm-to-liverpool