Today I was asked to help out at the ETJ conference in Fukuoka. But this time as a member on the panel discussion for school owners. As I don’t actually own a school, that sounded a little strange at first, but it was good to put on my businessman hat and help out with some…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/etj-owners-panel-tprs/
As an early Christmas present to you and your students, here’s a brand new Hip Hop song: “I have to… I can!“. Basically I wanted to get people out of the “I have to do this and I have to do that” frame of mind and into the “I can do this and I can…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/i-have-to-i-can-podcast/
I’ve had quite a few of people getting in touch to complain how they can’t find the Genki Christmas software section on CD4. Well, it is there. To find it you have to think like a kid. Or give a kid the mouse and see it appear instantly! It’s cool that so many people are…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/think-like-a-christmas-kid/
The KOTESOL people are really into using computers to help the kids. In yesterday’s workshops I had a break so checked out some of the CALL (computer aided language learning) workshops. Jason Renshaw ( of English Raven fame ) did a great one on how he uses his own OnlinEnglish.net ( just one “E”) and…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/korea-call/
Today was another very busy conference in Korea with lots of presenters mixed between CALL and the Young Learners group. Plus of course a massive meal in the evening with a whole pig as the main course! First up I had a special workshop for kindergarten teachers. And they were great. It was the first…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/korea-call-young-learners/
There’s a new picture book to try out on the CD Owners Forum. This time it’s clothes and is great for this time of year. Clothes is always a tough theme, mainly because of the US/UK difference in words. Luckily with this picture book they all turned out to be international which is quite nice!…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/winter-clothes-talking/
