Genki English: ESL Karuta Game for Teaching English

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One popular game for teaching English in Japan is カルタ or "Karuta" In the traditional version the teacher just says a word and the kids hit the correct card. It's a lot of fun but isn't very good for teaching English. So here I go through some very simple ESL ideas to make the game much more effective.

There are many more games and picture cards on the Genki English website: http://www.GenkiEnglish.com


Be genki,

Richard

P.S. English subtitles coming soon!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• esl
• game
• teach
• english
• japan
• 英語
• 英会話
• カルタ
• 小学校英語

[theprisoner6666]

You're obviously an experienced teacher, but I'm curious to know how you would teach all this if you didn't know Japanese and the students spoke little English? Many ESL teachers around the world barely know a word of the local language, so have you any tips for those teachers?

Thanks...

[GenkiJapanNet]

@theprisoner6666 It's quite easy, the key is to have lots of patience and act out everything you want the kids to do. If you have one, you can also give the lesson plan to your co-teacher to help explain (we have them in loads of languages on the Genki English site).

But if you can explain the rules in the kids language it saves a whole lot of time. That means you are speaking less and the kids speak more.

Here though I'm explaining how to teach it so there's a lot more talking!

[rfwelsh]

I see kids smashing their heads together rushing to get a card.

[GenkiJapanNet]

@rfwelsh Touch wood the kids get sussed on this and work it out so they don't!

[Silentshard1]

You player, you got 7 girls around you. and teaching teachers :P

[MGOotaku]

Your Japanese is very well :)

Sounds like your japanese :)

[KSFMT]

Im using Genki in my school as well, im currently studying Japanese, i want to become a English teacher in Japan ^^

[itoiTEFL]

Great game! Love it :)

[IS91Videos]

Wow, you are very fluent in Japanese and I loved your E-book on get fluent in Japanese. I would love to talk as fluently as you do! Keep up the many great videos and ありがとうございます！ Richard-せんせい

[3aran3]

youre just awesome ^^ i love the way you teach! :)

[BeastmanAiDz]

Just thought Id shout out a thanks, subscribed to genkijapannet early this year and its been ace!

A great set of resources and guides for learning and teaching .

Thank you so so much and please keep it going!!!

(I have gone from doing a few Japanese electives during my Ba Teaching to now doing a Major in Japanese :P, and these videos and the site have been an amazing resource)

[emilicious046]

Very good lesson, and very true. Speaking is usually a student's weakness, both in English and Japanese.