Over on the Genki Japan site we have lots and lots of people learning Japanese. The main reason for most of them is so that they can experience Japanese culture in real Japanese. Certainly no one in this day and age would say “Right, I want to learn Japanese so I can tell Japanese people…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/japanese-culture-transformers/
I’m getting a bit fed up of this. I’ve known the teacher at today’s school for quite a while and she’s really nice. Initially the school refused to let her have the travel expenses for me to come, which of course isn’t a good thing. But they came up with the idea of inviting the…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/okayama-two-times-too-much/
Wow, what a difference when people pay to attend. Today’s teachers were absolutely fantastic. We had a ton of questions, tons of attention, lots of activities and a fantastic buzz at the end of the day. Activities wise we did: * Write up a list of “joys” of your job ( for the bad days),…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/kyoto-pro-rules/
Tomorrow I have a full day 9000 yen workshop for private school teachers here, so today they asked me to do a paid for show for their kids. I haven’t done any of these in a long while, but we had hundreds of parents and kids attend today, which is an amazing turn out. Due…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/kyoto-kids-in-kimono/
If you’re looking for a Summer Camp activity, one good one is a simple treasure hunt. You can either review “Where is Mr Monkey?” and have clues that use near, next to, under, on etc. Or you could make your own Da Vinci Code Game. Simply have the code spell out words like “desk” or…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/da-vinci-treasure-hunt/
One of the reasons that Genki English is successful is not just because of the songs, games and projects, but because of the “I can do it!” and “Try again!” philosophies beneath it. In high school this becomes even more important. With more and more children in developed countries having a lack of personal goals…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/success-in-8-words-3-minutes/
