Today I was going to introduce the YouTube video by the new (well, 2 weeks ago) Education Minister in Japan. For ten years the government has been saying “primary school English will be compulsory very soon” but every time we get a new Minister they cancel it. For example in 2007 it was supposed to…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/politics-english/
Mimasaka City, Okayama Prefecture. After the past few days I got up this morning thinking “Please let this school be good, please let this school be good.” And they certainly were! The head teacher picked me up at 7:00 for the hour long drive into the mountains and we had a really good chat on…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/amazing-teachers/
Today was a workshop for the Okayama City Education Center. I know lots of the teachers here, it’s the 7th year they’ve invited me and I was really looking forward to presenting lots of new things for them, as they are always really keen and probably the best teachers in Japan! I’d put together a…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/okayama-loses-its-crown/
Kagawa, Japan. Workshop for the prefectural Education Center. I should start reading my own blog. Last time I was in this prefecture one teacher came from every school and they did really well. But then they had a series of other workshops that just demolarised them and defeated everything I did. So what happens today?…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/reduce-not-increase-your-workload/
If you’re wanting the latest Genki English songs in download form (i.e. you want them right now!) I’ve just updated the Download Pack to include all the new CD8 songs (plus a couple of extra goodies). If you’ve been thinking of buying it, now’s the time. Current Owner Club members have a special CD8 download…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/get-the-latest-songs/
Ishikawa, Japan As I mentioned yesterday I was a bit wary of today. They invited the local ALTs to do crafts and activities with the kids calling it an “international day”. It was all funded because they are one of the English pilot schools for this year. The reason I’m wary is that very often…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/motivating-6th-grade-alts/
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