Mother’s Day Poster!
Brits already had their Mother’s Day in March, so please do excuse the American spelling ….. Happy Mother’s Day!
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New Game: May I borrow your mmmmm….
Stationery seems to be quite a popular lesson at this time of year. Margit just sent in another great video of her kids playing a game for the May I borrow your …? lesson. 1. Each kid has to get a set of four of one card e.g. 4 pens, 4 books etc. (Minicards…
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How much teacher talk time should there be in class?
Mark wrote in to ask: Hi Richard! In an ESL/TOEFL/IELTS speaking class, how does the teacher get the student to speak more? I mean, I read somewhere where it said that this type of class should be 30% speaking belonging to the teacher and 70% speaking for the student. I find myself in the…
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Happy Star Wars Day!
It’s Star Wars Day today, and with all the excitement of Episode 7 (plus this week’s Big Bang Theory!) here’s just a few of the many, many ways Star Wars has influenced Genki English …. Star Wars Light Saber Battle Game – my best game for practising directions and left & right. Teaching Teenagers –…
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New Game: That’s a rabbit!
Thank you to everyone who got their Europe workshop tickets purchased yesterday – we are going to have an awesome time and do let me know if you have any special requests of things you’d like to see! And … here’s Mido’s game of the week – enjoy! 1. Before the lesson draw a big picture…
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The Town Musicians of Bremen!
Ever since the huge success of the Gingerbread Man song we’ve been trying to find another simple, traditional story to Genki up and let you combine lots of themes together. Ninja Tip: These work *wonders* for parent’s day presentations! Margit came up with this amazing one based on the Grimm Brother’s story … The Bremen Town…
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