Here’s Mido’s game for the week. You can of course use it for any lesson, but let’s have a try today with the Summer Clothes Lesson… 1. Put up today’s vocab cards on the the board. Put a magnet above and below the first item. 2. Divide the class into two teams and they line…
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Short Version: Set two rules at the beginning of every class you teach: 1. Respect everyone 2. Tell me when you don’t understand. Or the long version ….. Wow, yesterday’s post on the “bad kids at the back” and the proximity trick certainly proved popular. Judging by the feedback and comments I think…
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One of the most popular questions in the surveys is always about discipline and how to keep kids under control. And contrary to what people often think, a fun class is usually the most disciplined. (Otherwise it would just descend into chaos!) Luckily there are a few simple “ninja tactics” to make even the toughest class…
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Here’s Mido’s latest game for you. It’s a way of picking a volunteer, in a similar way to London Bridge, but of course “Circle of Doooooom” (said in a deep cinematic way!) sounds a whole lot more cooler! 1. Put the kids in a big circle. 2. Under one of the kids put a “Circle…
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Here’s Mido’s game for this week: 1. Draw a large outline of Japan (or whereever you’d like to go!) on one side of the board. 2. On the other side draw another country (e.g. UK) with several cut out aeroplanes in it. 3. Draw several gas stations inbetween. (The kids love the fact that the…
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Colours are a really hot topic, so I thought I’d introduce the top three Genki English colours lessons for you. I’ve also prepared games, activities and videos, just click through on the links below! No. 3. What’s your favourite colour? / What’s your favorite color? This is the classic Genki English colours lesson and works well…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/teaching-colours-colors/
