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August 2003
Hello, I hope things are going great for you, and here are a few ideas
to make teaching even easier!
3 New Games
New games always come in handy and In July I was presenting a series of
professional development workshops in Surin, Thailand. Whilst I was there
I picked up these three new games:
When making
groups, assign names such as "Beautiful", "Cool, "Wonderful, "Fantastic",
"Amazing". You point to a student and say "You're beautiful", then to the next
one "You're cool" etc.
Then you can say things like "all the fantastic
people stand up", or ask people "Are you cool?" or "I think you're beautiful"
Great for self esteem building!
Fancy volunteering to teach in Thailand?
Teaching in Thailand is great, the people are so motivated, you should
really give it a go! If you fancy seeing how things are done in other countries,
why not volunteer to teach in Thai schools? They really appreciate any
time you can give and I'm sure you'll love it as well, check out this website
here: http://www.surinvolunteers.com/
For new JETs...
Welcome to Japan!! All the new teachers on the Japanese Government's JET
programme should have arrived by now, and of course if you're going to
be teaching in Elementary School (the best part of being a JET!) you need
to check out Genki English. There are a couple of useful articles in the
article/advice section of the site just for you;
Want some more ideas? Want to motivate your students?
Come along to our teacher training workshops, or bring your students along
to one of our Kids Shows! You'll be glad you did!
Fukuoka Maruzen Bookstore, August 18th (for teachers)
Kanagawa ken, Hiratsuka, August 24th (kids show and teaching seminar)
Nagoya, August 26th (Kids Show)
Nagoya, August 27th (Teaching Seminar)
Okayama, August 28th (Teaching Seminar for the city board of education)
Osaka, September 7th (Kids show and teaching seminar)
Sapporo, September 14th - Sapporo Maruzen bookstore (for teachers)
Seoul, September 20th, Teaching Seminar
We're here to make your teaching more effective and easier to prepare.
Do it well and keep being Genki and you'll get some great results! And
remember to keep in touch! http://genkienglish.net/contact.htm
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please feel free to send it on!
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main Japanese menu!
"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening
our own." - Ben Sweetland
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