Teach English: ESL / EFL Teacher Training Part 1/6

[marce271965]

YOU ARE GREAT , I LIKE SO MUCH AND HELP ME A LOT

[elinaki4]

amazing teacher!

[thesuperdes1983]

I love Genki! I have taught kids in Spain using this method and it works brilliantly.

Now I am in the U.S again does Genki have any material to teach Spanish? Let me know. Thanks

[StarZza05]

I really like the way you teach... especially the "DEKIRU!!" and 'MOU IKKAI!!!".. kakkoii!!

[midori1]

:D Wow! Really great tips!



[faticamcar]

I AM AN ENGLISH TEACHER FROM CHILE , SOUTH AMERICA......THANKS A LOT BECAUSE I CAN TEACH BETTER WITH YOUR EXCENLLENT ACTIVITIES......YOU ARE THE BEST ENGLISH TEACHER THAT I EVER HAVE KNOWED.....THANKS

[WorkandTravelTV]

VERY entertaining! The quick change between Japanese and English is great!

[minami935]

Thank you.

[TsukiHiProductions]

God! I'm currently in an ESL course and this is so awesome! When I start having my teaching practices I'm going to use your ideas!! Going to my favs!

[originalperloocko]

Awesome training! Great energy. Made me miss teaching :(

[magopelotas]

It´s refreshing to see you work!

[agustina80q]

good technique

[pedronery2007]

very good

[nurulnajib22]

good technique...i gonna try this....

[Rodriguez9181]

I am currently a grad student in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and I feel more prepared now. Teaching a language is hard. You must know several things to an effective teacher. So many things you must know. Just being a native speaker of English will not cut it.

[xlapaoruga]

this video is very cool, speciale cause

I'm mexican livin in mexico but,I'm english teacher belived it or not adn this video is so helpfull thanks for do things like this God bless you... stan up

[FreeEnglishVideos]

Amazing, all teachers should see this video !!!

[dmediatrix]

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[samis1974]

thanks

[MusicalYoshi]

I am interested in doing this as a job in the distant future and I have one question:

Would I need to major in English? I don't feel like writing essays on John Donne... but if I need to, then so be it.

I feel very motivated to learn more Japanese and I do like sharing my knowledge. I hope doing ESL would be possible for me!

[GenkiJapanNet]

@MusicalYoshi Usually no, you wouldn't need an English major. Depending on the country you might need an ESL qualification e.g. TESOL, CELTA etc.

[MusicalYoshi]

@GenkiJapanNet Thank you for responding.

I'll look into those! Thanks again!

[simon44]

@MusicalYoshi Get a CELTA. TEFL certificates are not worth anything these days.

[Peppi94]

@MusicalYoshi I'm a supply ESL teacher in Ontario, Canada. In Canada, you must be certified to teach ESL, and usually you have to have a BA before you can enroll in an ESL program, whether that program is taught by a college or university, or a private college. To teach in Ontario, I had to join TESL Ontario. If I want to go overseas to teach English, I need to be certified by TESOL Canada.

[willimacdo]

lovely high energy, I do like the clapping meter, It looks like a useful tool.

[Slygurl200617]

You are amazing!

I hope that I can use these techniques in my future teaching.

Do you ever do any workshops in Canada?

[GenkiJapanNet]

@Slygurl200617 If I get invited!

[ladyesther27]

i wanna meet you in Indonesia Genki

[littlestorybug]

This is awesome. I can use this with my storytime children as well.

[hokamikanun]

Can I also use it to 5 years old? I'm also a new teacher so I need to learn more.

[GenkiJapanNet]

Yes it works great for any age between 2 and 10 or 20 to 80! It's just teenagers where you have to adapt it a bit - see the advanced course on the Genki English site!

[acitw]

We love you in Taiwan!

[premachu3]

Is this you teaching people english? (im fairly sure ur not)

Or is this you teaching japanese/anyone how to teach english to japanese(i think thats what it is)

and in an actual english lesson would you need to speak to them in japanese?

[GenkiJapanNet]

It's teaching people how to teach. Yes in a normal lesson you would start out speaking their native language e.g. Japanese. Then once they have learnt enough classroom English it gradually becomes more and more English only.

[premachu3]

ah i see. Thanks

Btw do you have any more genki india videos, or only a few?

If you have any of the himialayas, golden temple or goa that would be cool...or animals maybe?

Or any new "genki music video" that teach you stuff.

But keep up the good work, nice to see someone from the uk with a happy life abroad :P Im from the uk and plan to do the same...i hope

[GenkiJapanNet]

@premachu3 I'm doing workshops in India this week so there will be a few new videos soon!

[medoelkorsan]

keep going that was great :) i will use your way in the class when i get a job inshallah lol

[huhuandhihi2008]

Really intereting lesson Richard !!!

[fable2omg]

Omg awesome tricks!

[yokoyamaarnon]

Hey Richard!

These Teaching-Video compilations are awesome!

I'm preparing to finish and take my J-Shine license, and I found them very interesting.

I hope someday meet you in person. I live in shizuoka, enter in contact.

bye, greatings!

[GenkiJapanNet]

Bit of both I guess, my job is as a teacher trainer!

[sam6737]

I'm a new english teacher and my english isn't perfect yet. But I'll used your techniques. They're amazing..Thanks

[JinghuaXian]

Xie Xie for the video! Very helpful.

[mensov]

Great Video!!!, I'm a Mexican teacher and this is going to be very useful in my classes, thanx :D

[Ilovemypishi]

You make learning really fun. I definitley use you're teaching techniques, when I start teaching.

[aditya7241]

Wow.. a really inspiring teacher.. Thank you..

-adit-

[youtome12345]

how i wish to be as energenic as richard in teaching...

anyway, this video helps me to love my job again.

cheers to u...;)

[cesar630]

take in a lot of caffeine n sugar !

[Kawagi1]

That's how should be done! Amazing..

[ClanCSF]

Richard, After High school im planning on geting a post secondary education and getting degrees in teaching and ESL, and I was wondering if you could tell me whether employers in japan, at highschools, elementary schools, etc. would provide an outline of what they wanted to be taught or if the lesson would be decided by personally. Thanks

-Mark

[GenkiJapanNet]

It depends on where you are. Some places have very strict lesson plans, others leave it up to you!

[ClanCSF]

Thanks for the reply, When I get my first job at a school in Japan, would you be willing to come in as a guest speaker at any point?

[GenkiJapanNet]

Sure, just ask them to get in touch!

[ClanCSF]

Thanks, it'd be really appreciated, I have hopefully one final question. At the moment I'm taking and finishing japanese in high school and am taking it in university as well, What other courses would you recommend me to take? should I take E.S.L over English or both of them?

-Mark

[GenkiJapanNet]

If it's a good ESL course then maybe. Usually the most useful things with teaching to take are human psychology & business courses, they teach you WHY people do things which is incredibly useful!

[Decapoe]

I like this guy! Seriously, this is what learning should be. I'm gonna go to work and sing the "file your reports and approve your hours worked" song during training!

[elentwin]

You are fun.

Elena

[RG7621]

Yorkshire Power! :D

[mesneviii]

wow fantastic video..I m going to have an oral exam in didactics next week....I´m sure this will help me a lot

[ssapk]

fantastic way to teach......splendid

[mulanmulan28]

omgg...i love the way he teaches..and the techniques he used is so inspiring...it worked so well when i tried it in my real class..thanks...but anyway, may i have your address so we can share ,more about teaching...thanks ( may i know your name?.hehehehe...)

[aashie13]

LOOOL!! 2:17 ... x3

[livvyxo]

Yoooooooorkshire :D

Where abouts you from? This looks awesome.

[DirEnGay]

I think he might be from Leeds or Sheffield or very close to.

I'm from Doncaster and it's almost identical so hard to tell.

[awesome220]

Do you speak Japanese?

[cigarrafoule]

I still don't understand what genki is .... :S

Greetings from Perú!!!!!!!!

[piponio13]

Good teacher. He always is very happy. Thank you. Genki

[tatata1772]

元気

[tamarzhar]

;) Good ;)

[koesalagoepagoep]

when did you went to japan ?

and how did you learn the language

srry for wrong sentices

said the dutchguy !

[daiquirikiss]

I had such a hard time trying to get my students interested in my teaching... I worked at two jukus in Tokyo. As inexperienced as I was (being a study abroad student) I always felt uncertain about my teaching style... i really did want them to learn!

One of my bosses wanted me to teach two little boys (age 5) how to read English.. without knowing any English at all! Furthermore.. I wasn't allowed to talk to them in Japanese!

[sobek]

what does genki mean?

[GenkiJapanNet]

"fun", "lively" and "full of life" it's a great word!

Be genki,

Richard

[sobek]

ah thanks. i dont know any japanese.

might start to use it too...see how the kids look when i use it.

[PureBlackDragon]

hey that's cool man. Alot of those things we do at my school...ok, I do at my school. I'm the only foeigner. In China as it is. Thanks for the post. Some of that I hadn't tried before and like the idea. Like play the piano and adding small english every so often into some of the basic warm-ups. Genius. Thanks man.

-KID (China)

[langwenyingyu]

gggood teacher

[abeuhplaya05]

great video

[easyfreedom]

some teachers tell me that its not a good thing to speak in their native language, because they are paying you to teach Eng. I find this difficult to do, as I feel the children are more comfortable . what do you think?

[GenkiJapanNet]

Although popularised by the Berltiz method that's usually a myth promoted by teachers who don't speak other languages. if you want to teach effectively, and unless you have very, very young students, then you need the children' s native language to listen for meanings and also in the beginning for motivation.

The trick is to then teach as much classroom English as you can so that after a certain amount of time you can move to a more English only environment, but not at the start!

[lukzbro777]

where can I find other courses on Esl teaching ?

[GenkiJapanNet]

There is very little around that covers both the practical and theory site of things. If you have a look at the Genki English website there is a lot of material that I'm sure you can use!

[RuhaanAahan]

wah !i am 29 yr old mom of 2 lil one .. i took addmission for english class ..from 26 january 09 ..and i am afraid i can learn or not..

i wish they can teach like you..u made english very easy and fun .great.

[taopixsama]

wow i wish my japanese teacher who thought english to me during high school was as energetic as you.

[frederickati]

Hello, well done, you are a great teacher i have been teaching EFL in China , but i do admire your teaching. I will like to buy your book of games but i don't have a paypal card , if you have an agency in China let me know. Am a native speaker but i admire . keep on with the good work. FREDO  China

[MinistryOfDanger]

what program do use to make these videos?

[jtstowe]

where is the audience from?

[GenkiJapanNet]

In this workshop about half are from Japan, the rest from US, UK, Australia + quite a few other countries.

[reigninblood123]

How about introducing yourself? I notice in Korea that the kids are happy to call their teacher something like "Andy teacher". However in the west we would insist on something like "Mr McDonald". Sorry if you covered this in a subsequent video.

[GenkiJapanNet]

It's a tricky one, I talked a bit about it my magazine column:

Ah, just remembered I can't post links here, pop over to the Genki Engish and try doing a search!

[viva00oo]

I am a rookie English Teacher, your vedio brings many ideas for me. Thank you!

[gussygurl]

I want to do this when I'm older

[cjl5344]

GREAT! wish i had a Japanese teacher like this!

[MsLuckyWong]

My Mentor =)

[girhappy91]

That was really cool

[dfctv3]

ありがとう For the awesome video! ((:

I hope to be an english teacher in Japan(or some other asian country) one day. Even though I'm only 15 right now.

[simcorperations]

SENSEI'S AWESOME

[meowclops47]

Dude, you're totally.... AWESOME! 7ElementzHeroes is right; if school were like this, no student would ever fail. =)

[Syurba]

You're a great sensei ^^

[Seffyzero]

You're a damned awesome teacher. xD

[Xgloomshadow]

100% agree with 7ElementzHeroes

[runescaperocks8]

this is very awesome they sound as if english was their everyday language they are very articulate. Good job.

[iCutandCry]

Can you come to my house and teach me Japanese? LOL.

This video was getting me pumped to learn English too, lol!

[myargonauts]

As an owner of the CD 5-pack from Genki, and a JET ALT for more than 4 years, I can attest to just how effective some of these games and songs are in the elementary classroom. The "What's your name" song always goes over well with my younger kids.

Richard - thanks for posting this seminar. :)

[7ElementzHeroes]

Wow if school were like this no student ever fail. Your amazing

[sukisho100]

Yes ! I agree hehe I wish I had him as a teacher for every subject!