One topic that has come up quite a lot
recently is that of how much English and how much of the kids' native language
to use in class. It's quite an important point, and one that a lot of people
have opinions about. The simple answer is...... it depends on your situation!
My personal view, taken from quite a lot of experience, is that if you
have the time (e.g. at an hour everyday then it may be possible to do it
all in English.
However, if you are teaching in Elementary School (especially in
Japan) where you only see the kids once a week, once a month (or even less!)
then using the kids' native language is very useful for explanations, especially
games. The reason being that it takes a lot longer to explain a game in English
than the kids native tongue, and for me I'd much rather have that time spent as
game time, i.e. when the kids are speaking!
I also find that at first it's much easier to motivate the kids in their
native language rather than English, and motivation is so important in
what we do!
"Use Japanese as little as possible, but as much as you need"
But what do you think? Please
put your views up on the Ideas & Discussion board, there are some great gems
of information on there already, why not add some more!
http://genkienglish.net/discussion.mv
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