This is a memory game that is really useful when you want kids to remember all, not just some, of the vocab from today’s lesson! 1. Do today’s lesson as usual with the song. 2. Now hold up the pack of today’s flashcards. 3. Show each card in turn and the kids have to say…
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We’ve talked before about more official academic assessments ( using the Burt Reading Test for reading and the Genki English spoken test for speaking) Plus more informal testing such as the Spaghetti Worksheets, evaluation workbooks & the TPR Warm Up. And of course you can also make it much more fun, like Colin has been doing…
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One question I often get asked is…. Should I teach just words or full sentences? In the beginning I used to just teach words. My thinking was that no real English kid would ever say “My name is …. ” to the question. They’d just say their name! So I taught lots and lots of…
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Mido Farid is back with a whole new weekly series of games. And we start off with this very cool game: Ghostbusters! 1. Everyone sits at their desks, making sure there is room to run between the desks. (i.e. clear up any bags from the floor!) 2. Give everyone a flashcard to hold up. Either…
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Euis wrote in to ask: Hello, How do we decide the lessons for each grades? Which lessons for first graders, second, third etc. Hi Euis, Even if students have “studied” English before, as Genki English is so different you always need to start new students (whatever their age) from the beginning of the curriculum. …
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You see, nice things do happen when you say nice words! 🙂 Hugo was so impressed by everyone’s reaction to his workbook covers (and his origami!) that he has now done the first 5 full workbook covers. They’re still the same evaluation sheets as you’ve been using before, but just now in curriculum order. And…
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