Justice just sent in a very easy way to teach “because.” You just link it in with the “I like ..” themes, the What do you want to be? theme and maybe one of the verb themes or the sports theme. Then it’s pretty easy for the kids to come up with things like…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/how-teach-because/
Here’s another game from Mido Farid. This time it’s a counter game to use when reviewing any theme! Divide the class into two groups Draw two funny heads on the board On each head draw eight or ten hairs Draw then in a funny way! e.g. Ask the first student from each team a question…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/oh-my-hair/
Another weekend workshop and this one went very well, it’s great having people who come for a second time! Things were going really well so I thought I’d try some of the new themes we’re testing on the Beta Test Forum. The first one was Days of the Week, which went pretty well! Then I…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/subjects-days-of-the-week-in-shikoku/
I know, I know, it’s only August… but in the workshop the other day we were talking about plays and picture books and how kids switch off when the English is too complicated for them. So I showed them the new Skeleton Soup Song/Story. It will probably be a paid for download by Halloween, so grab…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/skeleton-soup-video/
Today’s workshop was very interesting! First it was a festival day so it was really hard for teachers to get here. Then some of the teachers were also banned, by their Board of Education, from making English lessons too exciting for the kids (see the video below for why!) So I showed them the alternative…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/if-you-are-banned-from-being-genki/
Today’s workshop in Shizuoka went very well – and on the same billing as Abba! It’s always great having fans who use Genki English in the front row because when other teachers say “Oh no, that won’t work with my kids” the fans turn round and say “No, no, it works great! We use it…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/i-think-its-shizuoka/
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