Mirela wrote in to ask…. Hi, Richard! Happy to be in ‘direct’ contact with you. I’ve been teaching adults for almost ten years now and there’s still something I haven’t figured out yet. Here it is: correction when speaking – everyone wants to speak correct, good English, so I try to use materials that are…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/when-and-how-to-correct-pronunciation-mistakes/
Here is this week’s game from Mido, this time for practising phonics or spelling! 1. Put several grapheme (letters e.g. s,a,t,i etc. or letter groups e.g. igh, oa, ee etc.) flashcards that you have studied so far on the table. Ninja Tip: I actually use the phonics posters, they have the key words on there…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-game-total-physical-phonics/
Julia wrote a comment on the previous post that said… It’s wonderful how you keep ALL the teachers (even in the last rows) singing and doing the gestures ALL the time! Government school teachers are often worse than teenagers 🙂 and when I have 200 students in a class you have to have *everyone* doing…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/how-to-keep-discipline-in-large-classes/
A few more videos of the teachers in Thailand… First up is a quick look at the location in Kohn Kaen, pretty nice for English training, eh! Then we have the Chiang Mai teachers doing the How old are you? ong And the teachers in Trang doing the What sports do you play? song And…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/more-teachers-videos-from-thailand-lots-of-gesture-ideas/
Here’s this week’s game from Mido. 1. Put several (at least 3 of each) copies of today’s minicards all over the board. 2. Two kids come to the front, facing the class. 3. Everyone in the class shouts out today’s question e.g. “What sports do you play?” 4. The teacher chooses one student who answers with one…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-game-turn-circle/
If you don’t speak your students’ language you have two options 1) “Get by” or 2) “Get Fluent!” You can “get by” with just gestures, picture cards etc. But … it will cause many, many misunderstandings and your students will not nearly progress as far. Or the alternative is to “Get fluent.” You already…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/get-fluent-quickly-tip-1-what-does-fluent-mean/
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