Genki English

[Kawara]

This seems to have been in the news lately.
Anyone familiar or use this material.
It ESL Japan ideas mainly geared to elementary school
ages.
I am interested in those that have bought the CD's
and do they justify the cost.

[Morning After]

This seems to have been in the news lately.
Anyone familiar or use this material.
It ESL Japan ideas mainly geared to elementary school
ages.
I am interested in those that have bought the CD's
and do they justify the cost.

Web site is www.genkienglish.com

[Kawara]

I would be interested to hear from those that use the material.

The link is listed above as 'Morning After' has already pointed out.

[renkachan71]

I bought all 4 CDs. Bear in mind that they also function as CD Roms so if you want an elementary age child to practice English alone on a computer in a fun way then they are good value. I actually teach kindergarten and found ( with one or two exceptions ) the songs were a little too fast and loud for that age group. However, I've been to a couple of the Genki English presentations and have the video and I think the philosophy is sound and works very well for elementary and even junior high. I would definately recommend them if you are going to be teaching large classes in elementary school. There are a lot of ideas on the website for games and activities to use along with the songs and Richard and Will are very helpful and are really enthusiastic about teaching. I often have the CDs on as background music while we are coloring or playing pass the parcel or something like that and even though kindergarteners can't really memorize the songs they can pick out the words and hum along. If you don't want to buy all four, why not just start off with one ? ( only I suppose you don't get all the extras like the video then ). I just thought of it as an investment and I don't regret it. I know if I do get asked to go to an elementary school ( these things sometimes happen ! ) I'll have plenty of ideas on what to do. Kind of embarrassing to admit but I often find myself singing the songs to myself. They are catchy ....

[Kawara]

Thanks for the info.

I'll check into them.

I am mostly interested in ele. age so it
sounds as if these will be helpful.

[Morning After]

I bought all 4 CDs. If you don't want to buy all four, why not just start off with one ?

Morning After wouldn`t mind if you make a copy of all the four CDs for him as he thinks they are too expensive to buy.

[renkachan71]

Morning After wouldn`t mind if you make a copy of all the four CDs for him as he thinks they are too expensive to buy.

Well now, that would be illegal, would it not ?

[Morning After]

Well now, that would be illegal, would it not ?

Well yea,but who`s going to know.Everybody download songs of the internet,records songs from CDs and tapes etc.Maybe can give you a copy of some of mine.

[Kawara]

Thanks again for the info. and advice.

Went ahead and listened to the CD's that a friend had.

Each one had a little something I could use.
My friend gave me substitutes since I don't think I would
ever pay money for their material.
If I use them I do, I don't, I don't.

I'll keep searching for better material geared more
to education. Their CD's seemed more geared to making
a quick yen.

[renkachan71]

If you're looking for a curriculum for regular lessons, Magic Time and English Time by OUP are pretty good. The teachers' books are comprehensive and the CDs have a lot of material. As I said, though, they are geared towards regular weekly or twice weekly lessons. If you are looking just for activities that can be used every so often then ' Balls, Balloons and Bubbles 'by Kim A. Lutz is one of the best books I've ever read. It doesn't have a CD but a lot of the songs are based on popular tunes so you can adapt them easily. A lot really depends on the size of the class as well. Another good thing about the book is it's bilingual so if you needed to explain what you're doing to a Japanese teacher you can show it to them easily.