I don’t think I’ve mentioned this on the blog before, but a couple of months ago I started a weekly video series for students in Japan. Most of the time I just introduce a “Cool Phrase of the Week“, but this week it’s an “urawaza” a trick to help you get fluent!
It’s very simple really, before you go to sleep you just do the old trick of recounting what you did each day. But because Genki English is about speaking, then instead of writing down what you did, you record it onto your cell phone, mp3 player computer or whatever. After a month or so you can listen back and see how you’ve progressed, which is usually very far!
It’s also a great use of weekly English lessons as students can write down things they don’t know how to say yet and ask the teacher how to say them. As it’s English from their own life then it really sticks very easily.
There are more on my “Tips & Tricks to Get Fluent” page (or here in Japanese)
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For the video… hmmm…oh…alright…sure… huh???
LOL I’m assuming you just said what is written in English below? Japanese does have an interesting sound…
It’s a good idea to have the students record what they did that day. Perfect for the past tense too! Thanks
I’ll do a French one next and confuse everyone!
I tried this last night and actually, it’s harder than it looks! After just one go i found myself with a list of “How do you say this??” for my wife. Great tip – maybe ill keep it up!
A really great idea for students, teachers and fellow teachers to get better with language. Keep up the great work as always.