This year I also had 3 days of workshops in Gojo city, Nara… he’s how it went Day 1 – beginnings The main part of the training is the teaching practice, but in order to do that we have to, of course, go through all the basics, and more importantly how different Genki English is…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/3-days-in-nara-6th-graders/
This time last year I was in the same school as today and the teachers were panicking as they were convinced that from April this year they would have to teach English on their own. All sorts of publishers were pushing out well dodgy textbooks and although teachers were panicky they were actually knuckling down…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/nara-the-new-education-minister-is/
If you’re been called in to help with the provincial Thailand training workshops this week then thank you very much! I’m really wanting to make sure this project works as well as it can, so I’m very happy to support you in any way. Here are a few ideas that may help. Presenting to 100s…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/for-trainers-in-thailand/
There’s a reason why Okayama City’s teachers are considered some of the best in the country, it’s because they are all forced to teach on their own and hence usually just get on with the job instead of only discussing how to get on with the job! As it’s my 5th ( 6th?) year here…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/okayama-japan-linking-it-up-lack-of-communication-skills/
Today I had my super group of teachers who have been attending all week plus they were joined by another big group of teachers and student teachers. I had to do a “basics” workshop but it was tough as there were many students who hadn’t yet taught, hence you don’t get the look of relief…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/okinawa-day-4-in-review/
No matter how many times I do these “jissen” ( where the teachers teach ) workshops I always have a sinking feeling part way through that the teachers will never make it and we’ll end up finishing with them even more confused than where we started. But luckily every time ( so far!) we get…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/okinawa-day-3-the-task-fills-the-time/
