This afternoon I got my chance to try out the new One Tablet Per Child tablets that the Thai government has provided, along with Genki English software, to 800,000 children in primary year one. The main benefit of tablets, compared with PCs, is that a 2 year old can use them. You don’t need any…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/first-impressions-on-the-thailand-one-tablet-per-child-programme/
Workshops in Thailand are formal. Very formal. So I have to wear a suit. (Don’t worry I’ve got a GE T-shirt underneath!) But this morning I thought I’d sneak into breakfast in a t shirt. But as I looked around everyone was suspiciously incredibly well dressed, and yep these were all the teachers who had all come in from…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/ubon-ratchathani-workshop-how-to-get-teachers-to-read-lesson-plans/
Mido just sent in this great game to review all the questions you’ve done so far and “Who is it?” (as opposed to Whose is it? 🙂 ) 1. One student comes to the front, closes their eyes and faces the board. 2. The teacher asks an English question and points to one of the…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-game-who-is-it/
Many adult learners can be totally obsessed with pronunciation. Some teachers try and slake it with phonics. But what usually happens is that although they get the individual sounds perfect, they then just revert back to their old mistakes when speaking words and phrases! (Phonics is mainly for reading, not pronunciation) So this is the trick I use for adults, even very…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/secret-pronunciation-ninja-trick-for-adult-students/
Hi everyone, As you may have seen from the schedule page I’m currently on tour, heading to Ubon Ratchathani, Chiangmai, Nakhon Nayok, Trang, Kohn Kaen, Surat Thani (this one is open to the public!), then Perth in Australia & Xi’an in China. So this does mean I’m going to be a little slower than usual…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/im-on-tour-emails-a-little-slower/
“What did you do?” is one of the most popular questions teachers ask students after the holidays. And “What did you do at school today?” is also one of the most popular questions kids’ hear from parents! So what better to way to start the week than with the “Baby Dinosaur, what did you do?”…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/hungry-dinosaurs-game/
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