UPDATE: Β These workshops have all finished now, check out the latest ones here!
Things are shaping up for Genki English workshops this year. Β Am I in your city?
First of all there are workshops for 1,000 teachers in Thailand ( to support the One Tablet Per Child Programme)
April 22nd & 23rd: Northeast, Ubon Ratchathani
April 29th & 30th: North, Chiangmai
May 2nd & 3rd: Central, Nakhon Nayok
May 6th & 7th: South, Trang
May 9th & 10th : Northeast, Khon Kaen
If you’d like to join these then contact your local education office. Β Or of course you could organise a workshop in your area on the days off.
We’re also looking at China & Turkey in June, Yaroslavl, Russia in September, and maybe a TED talk (!) in Okinawa in November. Details coming soon or comment on this post if you are interested.
I’d also like to do a workshop in France at some point this year. Β For those of you in France, what cities and what time of year are best? Β Again please comment on this post.
Or for those of you elsewhere in the world, just get a group of teachers together (it doesn’t need to be 100s, Β sometimes even 12 works out) and either get in touch or put up a comment on the blog – here’s what can happen!
Be genki,
Richard
P.S. Β I’ve been in and out of the bush these last two weeks with very sporadic internet connections. Β If you haven’t received replies to any emails, please do send them again, not everything I’m sending is getting through eventhough I reply to them all!
P.P.S. Β The winner of January’s comment competition was …. Janice! Β If you’d like to win a Genki English CD (or CD Download) of your choice, just comment on the blog,Β I pick a random comment to win each month, the more you comment, the more chance you have to win!
Come to Turkey!
come to Madrid – the good weather’s coming in, the food’s good, the people are friendly and there are sooooo many english academies full of teachers who don’t have a clue what they’re doing. Spain needs you Richard!
Hi Richard,
I am very happy to be with you in Turkey in June. We are ready and waiting for you in Turkey….
would love to see you in Beijing! Alot of need, a lot of potential!
I’d also love to see your products in printed form – at least for me it’s much easier when I see the hartd copy of the product as opposed to the electronic version
Great work, Richard, keep it up!!!
Happy Year of the Snake!!!
Wow, you get to go to some awesome locations!!! Let me know if you are ever in the Ishikawa area!!!!
No Israel??? I am interested in either turkey or France π thanks Richard!!!
Hi Richard,
Come to Paris or in the suburb of Paris!
Hi,
I am in Russia and very interested to come and learn + organize a workshop in my town. I have all the contacts and enought time till September)) Please, let me know if you are interested.
Thanks
Come to Spain please,will be greate.Thanks Richard…..
Russia. It is closer to Ukraine. I used you free lesson and it was amazing! Kids and I were delighted. I want to buy your Download pack,now I am trying to persuade my husband give me money on this =)I am a novice teacher, and Genki english – it’s a wonderful way of teaching.
Also I teach Chinese, and my kids love δ½ ε₯½ε song.
Hi Richard,
would love you to come to France chuck!
I live in Grenoble, an hour away from Lyon but I think you said you’d studied here at one point?
Best times are obviously school hols ‘cos we’re all working in term time, or a week-end
Hope to get to meet you soon
Karen
Hi Richard!
Happy to see your growing popularity. You’ll rock the world π
I’m looking forward to see you in September.
Best of luck!
Julia
Please come to okinawa!!!!!
Hi Richard, i’m in Thailand and i would like to join the workshop in Khon Kaen but i don’t work for a primary school therefore i can’t register at the regional office. Is it possible to participate as individual?
Hi Richard.
I have the same quastion as Dorcas
“Is it possible to participate as an individual?”
I’m an interpreter but have an interest in teaching. Your program is what I need. Yaroslavl is a neighbouring region to Vologda. Hard to believe this miracle, GenkiEnglish will be so close from here.
Hello Richard!
Looking forward to see you in September in Russia (I hope, it will be in Moscow π ). You’re methods are really great. I’ve watched almost all the videos from your workshops and bought the teacher’s pack! Yeah! It’s something soooo.. Genky π
I don’t know, why my husband doesn’t like your songs, but as for me.. Oh my, I’d like to learn some new languages (ex. Spanish) your way.
But.. Now I have only one child, a 10 years girl, who I give private lessons. I’ve been thinking for a long time about genky games and other things, because I was completely sure I wouldn’t be able to do all this during one-to-one lessons. What can I say? At last I told myself “You can do it” (several times though π ), and I tried first 3 lessons. My pupil liked it, but at first was a bit embarrassed and looked at me with her eyes wide open. At our school all methods are so different from yours. For example, this girl didn’t know the whole alphabet when I started teaching her.. But at school they had homework with present tense and lots of words. How? How could she make simple sentences and write them (children have to write their homework) if she knew nothing?
Now we start from the very beginning, but she is happy. I help with her school homework and after that we sing songs, do warm-ups and so on. She is a very energetic child, so I have to change activities every 5-10 minutes or she will be bored and will start telling me stories in her own language.
So.. I’m waiting for you here in Moscow! Please, come and show our teachers that learning shouldn’t be so boring and difficult.
Jane from Moscow
Thanks for the comments everyone!
@Alexandra & Jane: You can indeed join the Yaroslavl workshop, email me your details and I’ll pass them on to Julia who is organising it!
@Dorcas: The current Thai workshops are organised by the Ministry of Education so is only for public school teachers. But … you could always get a group of friends together and organise one in your town if I’m nearby!
@Melissa: My TED talk will be in Okinawa in November! We’re trying to organise a GE workshop around that time too. Keep tuned in.
TURKEY! TURKEY! TURKEY! YAY!
I was so happy to see that there are others from Turkey doing GE.
This is my first year living here and my first time trying GE. I’m loving both!
Really praying you’ll come to Turkey, namely Istanbul (hint-hint ;-))
Hi Richard, i’ve been teaching young learners in Turkey for years and loved your work, it’s just what children really need..would love to see you in Turkey …Please make it possible.
Hi would love to see you in Turkey …loved your work
Richard:
Mensore! Okinawa is waiting for you! It’s a great place with warm people and exceptional students.
Thank you for all that you do.
Hi, Richard. Looking forward to meeting you in Beijing! Make the kids in Beijing Ganki! I’d love to see your fresh idears! Hope to talk to you~
Would love you to come to Melbourne, Australia????
π π
Just have to get invited!
Hi
from Spain I’d be a pleasure to be your hostess here. I’ve seen a few commments of teachers working with GE english and maybe we could get together and organice something here, what do you people think?
Otherwise I’ll have to be France for me.
Great to see so much good energy and enthusiasm going on.
Hi Richard
I am an after school English Teacher in Annecy, France – if you come to France I could get you a lovely group together! I am starting Genki classes in the mountain villages and Annecy. carol
Italy is confirmed! May 17th/18th Details are here:
http://genkienglish.net/oxford.htm
It will be well worth the trip from France or Spain – I’m flying in from Japan! π
Can’t wait to meet you all!
PARIS, please !
Laetitia from le havre
Paris! The city of love LOVES Genki English!!! Please come!
Tell us what you need to make it happen. How many attendees etc
Can’t wait!! Weekends are best and the Parisian suburbs are more cost efficient in terms of room hire