Today was the first day of my first visit to Russia – very exciting. I arrived in Moscow at 8:30 last night, then it took till 4:30 this morning to get to Yaroslavl. Then up again at 8! The main two day workshop is tomorrow, but seeing as so many teachers had flown in from…
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With the start of the new school year in Europe, US and elsewhere we have lots of new teachers to Genki English – welcome! And of course we have lots of questions! So here is a quick guide to some of the most popular questions I get asked at this time of year. Discipline tips,…
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I get a lot of emails from teachers saying how their kids are running around out of control and don’t pay any attention to anybody. I do sympathise and have seen far too many classes like that myself! It might seem tempting to just say “well, the lessons are too boring then!” but you often…
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Now this is very interesting … It looks like we’ve found a surprise hit with the new Summer Sports song. (My now 5 year old niece drove us all crazy yesterday wanting to do the song over and over – all with gestures she made up herself! ) But it also seems that using…
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Instead of just once a week, a lot of teachers would like their students to come twice a week for lessons. But it can often be a tough sell to parents who have to juggle piano, sports, maths and a whole host of other subjects. The trick, as with everything, is in the marketing and…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/how-to-nearly-double-your-amount-of-classes/
No sooner had I written my last post about teaching babies & 2/3 year olds then I had lots of people write in to contradict everything I said! 🙂 Lucky put up this picture showing how she uses the Genki English flashcards with her baby classes. And Sarah* wrote in to say: Our school…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/more-on-young-learners-babies-23-years-old/
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