To lead into the numbers version of Do you have any pets? we first had to practice some numbers. Here are a couple of really fun games to go with the numbers song, one probably better than the other, which do you think? Thumb Sumo / Thumb War Timebomb / Unlucky 13 Game
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/numbers-games-in-tokyo/
(There are lots of videos in today’s post, so if you are on email then click here to see them!) Today we had a workshop in Shinjuku Tokyo right outside the Ministry of Defence! One of the requests for was for some card games using the Mini Cards. Now to be honest I don’t really…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/card-games-class-control-in-tokyo/
Gumby wrote in to ask where she could find the animation I use in the I have a question guessing game video. Here it is! Right click and select “save as” then drag it into your internet browser when you want to use it offline: Adjectives Game Animation. 2.1 MB Full instructions are on the…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/guessing-game-animation/
Japan just keeps getting better and better…. Have a look at this article from the Yomiuri Newspaper: A less-than-desirable ALTernative …the school opted for the safest approach: banning all conversation between teachers and ALTs during class. For those of you abroad, ALTs are assistant language teachers, usually non-Japanese who are asked to help, but often…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/teachers-banned-from-speaking-with-alts/
Not sure what to teach or where to start? Have a look at this video! The curriculum / lessons plans are here! What do you think? (Plus look at how much genkier the teachers were in this video compared with this year!)
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/what-to-teach/
I don’t know why but students never seem able to say “Fireworks” – even if they can say “work” on its own! In England, fireworks mean winter, but over in Japan they’re the highlight of the Summer. Here are the ones from my local town as I popped back home last weekend for the first…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/huge-fireworks-in-video/
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