When I first started in Japan I was an ALT on the JET programme. (Still by far the best way to get to Japan even today.) The reason I started Genki English was because even though I’d been teaching for a long while and there were lots of textbooks, courses etc. available, there was nothing…
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Over on the VIP forum Gumby wrote in to ask for a few more games ideas for the “What’s your favourite…?” lesson. Here you go! Recommended Game: 9 in 10 1. Each group thinks of one original “What’s your favourite…?” question e.g. animal, fruit, food etc. let them come up with different stuff. (Also go round checking…
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Better kids? More students? Higher income for your school? Check out this video with Margit to see what the no-hassle Genki English Homework Program can do for your classroom. The prices have all gone up since we filmed this, but the results have been getting even better! UPDATE: New Homework Program Applications are currently fully…
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TED.com have just put up another great new article about what we can all learn from classrooms in the developing world. It features Adam Braun – whose fantastic Pencils of Promise book is a definite book for your reading list – and also Sugata Mitra – who did the computer rooms in the schools we worked…
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The new “curriculum order” software menu has been huge, everyone seems to love it and it was the big hit in the workshops – everyone wanted it! (If you have ordered the Teacher’s Set since April, you have it too!) So…. the next step is to try and make the website easier to use. And…
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Oksana wrote in to ask: Hi Richard, I would be really grateful for some tips regarding how to prevent professional burnout. Sometimes it’s so discouraging when you do your best, but your students don’t. I guess it concerns adults more. What a very good question – and yes, it isn’t one I get everyday! 1….
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