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/
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/
Ah, this is what I like to do, sit back, relax and let everyone else do the work! Just as a teacher should get out of there and let the kids be the centre of attention, today it was the turn of the teachers of the school to practice teaching using Genki English. Compared with…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/nagasaki-day-2/
I don’t know what it is about the schools in Nagasaki prefecture, they not only have some of the best kids in the country but the teachers are always super motivated. Well actually, if you think about what day it is today, the anniversary of the dropping of the world’s 2nd nuclear bomb on Nagasaki…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/nagasaki-small-school-big-heart/
Instead of being organised by a school, today’s workshop was sponsored by the city’s Education Research Centre. Hence we had teachers from lots of different schools. We also started off with all the formalities, introductions and lots of bowing! Which worked great as everyone was ready to start moving by the time it was my…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/tokushima-anan-much-much-better/
