Reviewing is one of the most important parts of a lesson. Rather than “islands” of English that don’t link up, you want to try and make “pancakes” where each lesson is reviewed in the next one. I’ve written a whole big article on this “Reviewing and how to do it” but the basic three techniques are: Review…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/how-to-review-20-themes-in-5-minutes/
Here’s a great Christmas Party game I just wrote up in this month’s newsletter: Pack a Christmas stocking with either real presents orminicards. 1. At one end of the room one child holds the stocking and asks “What would you like for Christmas?” 2. The other kids, at the other side of the room, shout…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/whats-in-the-stocking/
Many of you have become fans of Mido Farid’s games, and Mido has just sent in this piece on thoughts about teaching children. What do you think? Teaching children We all know that teaching English as a second language can be very hard. But teaching children can be really very hard. So I want to give…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/midos-thoughts-on-teaching-children/
I’m in Fukuoka this week for the ETJ Conference this weekend. I won’t be presenting, but feel free to catch me for a chat! And seeing as it’s now December, here’s a quick video of the Christmas lights in Japan! And you should see all the comments on the Youtube channel! P.S. Although I look quite…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/christmas-illuminations-etj-this-sunday/
To help illustrate the short “i” sound in the Genki Phonics Course try this new brain virus, sorry, song…. Be warned, if you play the video it will stay in your head all day! How many “i” sounds did you count? It’s also a good introduction to the “Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down” game from the phonics…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-phonics-i-song-cute-mix-video/
Lines from Spain has just sent in this body parts review game – you can use it with Doctor, Doctor or the Make a Face lessons. Print out flashcards of different parts of the body, For instance I have 20 copies of arms, 19 copies of legs,18 copies of heads,17copies of feet, 16 copies of…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/musical-chairs-body-parts/
