For the past ten years I’ve been preaching that the very first thing you should teach (and done in the kids’ native language) is “dekiru dekiru dekiru” – You can do it! I’ve been ridiculed and criticised for it. “We should be teaching grammar and vocab, not this nonsense”, “I’m not wasting time on that…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/you-can-do-it/
I originally wrote the What do you do? occupations song in the present tense. The idea being because from a careers education point of view saying “I am …” is much stronger than “I want to be a …” Unfortunately not everyone has caught up with that idea and “What do you want to be?”…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/want-to-be-a-rockstar-new-jobs-song/
In response to yesterday’s “Teaching I/You/Him/Her” post, David wrote “there are just not that many foreign celebrities that all of the children know!” I too was surprised at this when I first started teaching abroad. In Japan it’s mostly comedians or Japanese singers, in India it’s cricket and Bollywood stars who are all the rage….
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/whos-hot-right-now/
Over on the member’s forum I’ve just uploaded a demo of a “Look at me” song for practising me/you/her/him. These can be a little confusing for the kids, especially if they are said the same as I/you/he/she in the kids’ native language. The (genius as always!) teachers on the forum have come up with a…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/teaching-meyouherhim/
Here’s another “Try it yourself” video to try learning another language in the genki way. It’s the Where are you from? song but in Japanese. For High School Students? The nice thing about YouTube is that we can see the students’ comments directly. If you don’t speak your students’ own language fluently, it can often…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/what-high-school-kids-want/
“Can you speak English/French/Chinese etc.” is an important phrase, especially when you get stuck. So over on the members’ beta test forum I’ve just put up the new “Do you speak English?” Song. I wrote it in France last year, and just finished the recording this afternoon and I think it sounds pretty good! What…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/ca-you-speak-song/
