I’ve just updated the main lesson plans page to be the new “learn by making mistakes” version. There are a still a few teachers out there who don’t like this approach, but I guess they won’t be using Genki English anyway! 🙂 I’ve also added in lots of comments from questions I’ve been getting at…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/learn-by-making-mistakes/
Post by Elena Miniyarova. Here’s Mido’s game of the week for reviewing any theme, but why not ice cream! 🙂 1. Put two chairs at the front of class. 2. Split the class into two groups. 3. One person from each group comes to the front and sits on a chair. 4. The teacher has…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-game-hot-seat/
This seems to be the topic of the week! For example, Aneta wrote in to ask: Hi, Richard! 🙂 My question is: how to teach children English if they don’t want to do this?? I have few kids like this and I can’t encourage them to learn this language… 🙁 It depends on their age….
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/but-my-students-dont-want-to-learn-english/
Disclaimer! Please don’t do this game in nice classes. 🙂 It’s a last resort way to try and win round *that* particular class, you’ll know the one Mido means when you read the game! 8) And don’t worry, I have other suggestions for the classes who don’t want to learn tomorrow! 1. Draw a…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-game-step-in-it/
Sabrina has just sent in this fabulous (and huge) post of Lego games and printables. There’s everything from grammar to maths to poetry. Do check it out and let us know what you think in the comments! Be genki, Richard P.S. I always say that teaching English is like playing lego. We first give the…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/huge-list-of-lego-printables-games/
I guess quite a few of you must be getting ready for next year because I’ve had a lot of emails this week asking about how to build a curriculum and goal setting. e.g. Archana wrote in to ask: I got a little understanding of my students’ (ranging from grade 1st to 7th) stand in…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/setting-your-goals-and-designing-your-curriculum/
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