Whilst my main discipline ideas have been helping teachers up and down the globe, it’s always good to add in a few new flavours to the mix every now and then. This trick I actually learnt from a doctor, and it actually works in any walk of life. It does sound a little out there,…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/quick-discipline-technique-angel-wings/
Who says video projects have to be long? Margit & Kamila have now got things down to a fine art and are their kids are now doing this spontaneous mini videos – pretty cool eh! (If you’re on email and can’t see the video, click here to see it!) Margit has also written up…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/whats-the-weather-like-mini-videos/
The BBC just did an interesting piece on using social media in English teaching. In general I pretty much agree with what they wrote. But one quote stood out as being quite interesting, from an English teacher who says: “If you’re an English teacher and you’re not using Twitter then you’re missing out,” Now…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/help-please-do-any-of-you-actually-use-twitter-for-teaching-or-ideas/
1. Put the kids in two teams 2. Ask the kids a review question or show them a flashcard and get them to make today’s sentence with it. 3. The quickest person to answer comes to the front. 4. They roll a die. 5. You write this number on the board. 6. If they want…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-game-12-and-bust/
Betty in Germany has just sent in this fantastic video showing the “lapbooks” she has been doing with her kids. I’d never heard of lapbooks before, but it looks pretty amazing with all the different types of materials: This is just my sample folder so the kids get an idea of what we are doing…….
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/genki-english-lapbooks-great-idea-for-homework/
Fancy a little restaurant role playing in class? Check this out from Teacher Lucky in Hong Kong: Genki Restaurant! P.S. The menus and flashcards are on this page! P.P.S. Today is the last day before the Teacher’s Set price increase – get your order in before midnight, we’re currently taking orders from everywhere…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/teacher-luckys-genki-restaurant/
