One thing I want to work more on this year is using the Genki English games, philosophies etc. and applying them to other subjects. Very often just one idea can totally change how a student perceives a subject, and one particular area I want to help with is the UN’s Decade of Education for Sustainable…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/sustainable-fish/
Quite a few of the teachers last week also taught Business English. A lot of Genki English style games are actually used by businesses in in-house training ( I learnt a few good ideas on the course I did at Arthur Andersen). At the end of last week’s workshop teachers were saying “Well, yes it…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/business-english/
With all the games on the site, one question that often crops up is “Do I really have to do a different game each lesson?”. The easy answer is, of course, “no, not at all”. Whilst the English content of the lessons should always be on an upward spiral ( there’s not point just doing…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/cut-at-the-prime/
If you want to learn a bit of Korean, be sure to check out the upcoming Genki Korean site. As you’ll see it’s not finished yet, but there are a few nice little games on there including a talking alphabet page and some very nice numbers games. It’s quite fun to play and it really…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/learn-korean-genkikoreancom/
Now I’ve done quite a lot of international workshops it’s a lot less stressful not having to worry about what things to present and what things will go down well. As long as I start slow, take plenty of questions and do lots of the songs & games pretty much everything seems to work great!…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/genki-english-in-cologne-germany/
I’m supposed to be in Germany today, but with all the typhoon like winds and cancelled flights in Europe at the moment I’ve suddenly found a spare day, which means I can also update the blog! Reader Dawna sent me an email yesterday. She sent in a very nice idea of using the Mr Wolf…
https://genkienglish.net/teaching/how-much-is-it-mr-wolf-school-subjects/
