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/
Even though I have a very small class of teachers today it seemed to take quite a long time to work through 2 themes each. I think it probably had a lot to do with having a mixed class of elementary school teachers ( who the course is aimed at) and private school teachers who…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/okinawa-day-2-lesson-plans/
Luckily I flew in to Okinawa yesterday, so avoided the big explosion at the airport this morning. This week I’m teaching a three and a half day certificated course for J-Shine. So today we had plenty of time for problem solving and Q&As. I also tried out an idea I got from the “Next Internet…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/okinawa-crash-simpleology/
There’s lots of good stuff going on over in the CD Owners Club forum at the moment, we’d love to have you join us!
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/youre-welcome/
Japanese elementary school teachers are always saying they are busy. They have lots of stuff to do and far too much paperwork. So it always comes as a shock when I hear teachers saying they have to make to make their own English curriculum. “Wow, you must have so much time free! How long does…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/curriculum-save-time/
