As you’re reading this I’ll hopefully be back in Tanzania to do the next stage of our East Africa project. The final goal apparently being to have Genki English and Genki Phonics helping every school in the country. Fingers crossed. If you want to know a little more about how we’re doing it, the partners we’re…
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About this time of year lots of teachers start to get husky voices. And I can tell you – from experience! – that unless you change a few things you *will* lose your voice at some point. And if you keep going for years there is a fair chance you could permanently damage your vocal cords. Which…
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You might have noticed that I added the Baby Monkey Winter Clothes song into the 12 Genki Lessons of Christmas – it seemed a natural addition! Anyway, once you’ve gone through the regular “opera” version you can use the karaoke version to change the words to be …. “Baby Santa put on your ….” Then…
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This one is for comparatives e.g. Better than ….. slower than …. etc. As it is Genki English, it’s *totally* different from any grammar lesson you’ll have ever seen! I usually use it in class by having just one computer at the front (plugged into the TV or projector) and one person controlling it….
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/youre-better-than-the-best-of-the-best/
I think most of you know that my favourite of the 12 Genki Lessons of Christmas is definitely the Gingerbread Man – you gotta love the ending! 🙂 But my 2nd favourite is the “Christmas Shapes” theme. My niece absolutely loves this animation, plus there are loads of great games for it. So if you haven’t already,…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/my-2nd-favourite-christmas-lesson/
Well that was a crazy day! It’s amazing when you’ve not been to a city for ages just how many people you get to re-meet at these events. It’s was great talking to all of you and putting faces to many of you too! I’m at the airport now, but I’ll try a list a…
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