Today was the main reason for popping over to Korea, two Genki English workshops at the KOTESOL Symposium. Korea is much further along than Japan, but still runs into the same sorts of problems, i.e. how to get the kids having fun whilst still progressing with their lessons. Hence the workshops went down great. Everyone…
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Today was the main event, the workshop for the city’s teachers. After all a one off show is great for the kids ( they’re not likely to forget it in a hurry), but the teachers have to follow up to make it truly worthwhile. However before that there was yet another kids show today! This…
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I had an email this morning asking for the Halloween links that everyone sent in last year, so I’ve put them on the Halloween Ideas page ( down at the bottom). And I’ll also list them here: http://www.benjerry.com/halloween/ http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/halloween/print.html http://www.eslkidstuff.com/HalloweenGames.htm http://familyfun.go.com/parties/holiday/minisite/halloween-main/halloween-main.html http://www.englishraven.com/Halloween.html http://bogglesworld.com/halloween_worksheets.htm I’ve also put links from the main menu to all the Halloween…
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Usually I have a big stigma about going to schools when it’s so cold, and I’ve think I’ve figured out why. Today was actually really nice, waking up in a warm hotel with breakfast, but I guess my mind keeps thinking back to the days of the GenkiMobile ( the 1975 VW Campervan used in…
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It’s that tricky time of year when it’s warm, but I can’t quite get away with wearing shorts all the time. So it looks like it’s a suit for this particular trip, which is just one day as I’m heading back home to Ehime tomorrow, for the first time since April! ( April? March? I…
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Had a good day today, got lots of computer work done, and had time to answer lots of really good emails. A couple of things that came through were about doing plays in schools and a request for A4 versions of the How are you? Game cards e.g. Wet, Thirsty etc. You know it would…
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