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Post by むちゃRABU❤ on Oct 4, 2016 14:55:49 GMT 9
okay popchyk~ get in here and name your favourite movies related to travel (for no yark shark) and cocktail parties for me. I need scene from a formal cocktail party where people are mingling.... does Ocean's 11 etc have any?? |
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Post by popchyk~ on Oct 4, 2016 14:59:28 GMT 9
hue for some reason all I can think of for cocktail parties is "the dark knight rises" and "rope" (...wait is that even a cocktail party?) and neither would be suitable for eikaiwa probably. I can't stand luhrman's "the great gatsby" so I can't recommend that although admittedly it is full of scenes of parties. Does it have to be a cocktail party or do regular parties count? Or scenes with just cocktails?  James Bond films, "Groundhog Day" ("Sweet vermouth on the rocks with a twist")...! Edit - The "sex and the city" films and TV shows probably have a lot of cocktail party scenes. |
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Post by no yark shark on Oct 4, 2016 15:11:53 GMT 9
hmm I just watched Ocean's 11 recently and I don't remember there being a cocktail party.
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Post by Miscreative on Oct 4, 2016 15:15:28 GMT 9
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Post by むちゃRABU❤ on Oct 4, 2016 15:35:37 GMT 9
The target is business english situations. (or formal english)
I want to show them that irl, even natives can be awkward so they don't need to worry about not being perfect.
but if there's a good movie scene, I can try to use it make them learn interesting phrases they can use to introduce their job or witty lines they can use to portray a certain character.. etc!
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Post by popchyk~ on Oct 4, 2016 15:41:03 GMT 9
There's that scene in "the king's speech" when the queen mum turns up at the speech therapist's house and they don't know how to address her.
Then again that film is set in the past and people don't really talk like that so much anymore hue
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Post by むちゃRABU❤ on Oct 4, 2016 15:54:43 GMT 9
man can you imagine trying to show even advanced english learners that scene when Darcy and (Keira Knightly's character) had a face-to-face argument in the climax of Pride and Prejudice? I barely understood what they were saying. I was surprised they understood each other. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNZ5NXKtdxs(just rewatched it and okay I can get most of it but wow. I wish I grew up in such sophisticated times. loooove the use of english its so ~FANCY~) |
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Post by popchyk~ on Oct 4, 2016 16:03:22 GMT 9
My and my uk BFF always love to tell each other "how ardently I admire and love you"
Also:
- taking turns about the room.
- anything Mr. Collins says.
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Post by no yark shark on Oct 17, 2016 15:23:13 GMT 9
so for this week I want to do a hotel theme but I'm having a hard time thinking of where to focus/what kinds of scenarios to include that would be useful, and then what kind of activities to use that would be interesting. Anyone have ideas? I was thinking it'd be fun to write up fake reviews in kind of a mad-libs style but I dunno how to pull that off...
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Post by むちゃRABU❤ on Oct 21, 2016 13:19:41 GMT 9
So I want to talk about how I tried to create a debate in class the other day.
Has anyone else tried this in their Eikaiwa classes?
My eikaiwa class was an advanced class - but that obviously meant that they ranged between intermediate to business fluent (with common Japanese mistakes) - so I thought they might understand the gist of it. I think I was a little too ambitious though as it did not turn out as I expected.
My reason for doing it was because I wanted to introduce the art of negotiation. However, since there is not real situation that they would be negotiating themselves in English (without an interpreter anyway), I figured it would be best to let them build up some argument skills, hence the debate.
However I only had 1.5hrs to do both of this so that was my 失敗 point.
One other thing I learnt though was that some of them do not even have opinions about the topic (English is required to be recognized as a global city) as in they had no stand.
So I think I ought to have asked them to research before actually coming to the class. Unfortunate.
All in all, it was a little too rushed and I don't know if they learnt much, but I showed them a debate video clip from the old British comedy "Mind your language" and they found it funny at parts.
This was a 反省 post.
May you learn from it. Haha.
I hope if anyone tries a debate, they post here to talk about how well they did it or not?
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Post by むちゃRABU❤ on Nov 17, 2016 15:51:26 GMT 9
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Post by Nurkiras on Dec 15, 2016 14:59:02 GMT 9
Thanks for the advice むちゃRABU❤ !! I'm planning a mini-debate next week, where the class is split in half and then I give them an easy topic like "should you talk to strangers?"and assign them a stance. they will discuss for 5 minutes (in english if possible), and then will then debate for ~5 minutes. After that we will switch to a new mini topic. this ties into my little presentation on chitchat/ talking to strangers that im starting the class with and i think it will please both the people who want cultural/ chatting oriented lessons and the one guy who wants a debate edit: also they all will have to present at least one point so no one can just sit in silence |
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Post by Nurkiras on Mar 9, 2017 14:34:14 GMT 9
eikaiwa ideas
please
i'm so sick of thinking of fun worksheets
plz
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Post by Caic on Mar 9, 2017 14:50:08 GMT 9
beer
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Post by Nurkiras on Mar 9, 2017 14:51:45 GMT 9
k gonna use that, thanks why not |
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Post by Dee on Apr 13, 2017 1:25:47 GMT 9
I'm still feeling very unconfident about this whole eikaiwa thing... one couple will be participating with their 4 year old daughter. They've been to pretty much every single event that I've held so far and the daughter is really cute/already pretty good at English. But I still need something to keep her occupied during the classes so she's not too much of a nuisance. Any ideas anyone? Maybe print out some alphabet themes coloring pages for the little girl? I don't really have much Eikaiwa teaching experience either, but I do know kids that age like to color  |
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Post by shanshan310 on Jun 1, 2017 16:02:05 GMT 9
I’m running a three part class at the moment and the levels are reaaaally varied. There are people who lived overseas and are very advanced, and then other people who freaked out when I asked them to say hello to the person next to them because they weren’t sure how to say anything.
I wanted to run the class with lots of little skits and discussions, so that I can go around and help people individually (It’s 20 people) and they can practice in natural conversations, but the lower level students are having trouble with basic conversation and if they have time to themselves tend to just start chatting. The KOMINKAN staff suggested I focus more on reading aloud and repeating phrases without going over individual word meaning (eg. X phrase means Y). I’m worried this will be super boring for the advanced students though. Any ideas on how to overcome this gap? The more advanced students were great at helping the lower level students, but their eyes were definitely glazing over when we were reading out ‘nice to meet you’ etc.
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Post by King Quailbee on Jun 1, 2017 16:15:09 GMT 9
You could "RANDOMLY" group or pair them with only beginner and only advanced students...like use flashcards with their names on it and make it seem like you are pairing them at random but not really...
You could also focus on a passage for the first half and then allow for discussion for the next half (or focus on a passage during one class and then the next class, have an open discussion so the students are prepared with knowing the vocab).
As for the chit-chatters, you can't prevent it other than walking around and joining the groups and being like NIHONGO DAME.
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Post by Nurkiras on Jun 28, 2017 14:01:21 GMT 9
Please help! I need some ideas for 上級 eikaiwa
So far we are doing a food dialogue (asking what is in a dish, improvising dialogue about food)
and then practicing how to decline/ reschedule hanging out with someone. Im highlighting the "have to/ got to" grammar point with that ("Sorry, but at 6 o'clock I have to go sit in a corner and mope. Does 8 work?")
Any ideas are greatly appreciated!!
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Post by karuru on Jun 28, 2017 14:38:55 GMT 9
Give up and plan a game that'll take up the whole hour with minimal work on your part like I did
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Post by King Quailbee on Jun 28, 2017 14:39:03 GMT 9
Do park bench?
It's an improv game where the goal is to make the person who was previously sitting on the bench want to leave the bench. The person who has to leave will have to make an excuse of why they need to decline/reschedule, while the other person could be doing something annoying such as eating a hot dog really loudly or asking if they could touch their head or use them in an experiment for perfume products...
THIS MIGHT NOT WORK THOUGH, BUT IT'S AN IDEA THAT YOU COULD MANIPULATE.
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Post by Nurkiras on Jun 28, 2017 15:06:16 GMT 9
hahahaha that improv game sounds great but i feel like it would not work with my group i added in listening practice and a free discussion section where i prod them to talk as a group about food and yeah karuru games are useful...perhaps next time |
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Post by karuru on Jun 28, 2017 15:14:04 GMT 9
I honestly just make people talk about stuff
like "hey our theme today is BLANK. talk about BLANK for an hour"
I'm barely disguising my lack of enthusiasm in hopes that people just stop coming and I don't have to do these stupid classes anymore
(jk i put slightly more work into it than that..but it's not that much of an exaggeration either)
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Post by Nurkiras on Jun 28, 2017 15:20:09 GMT 9
hey another passive class-shrinker!  i added the Categories game, its literally just favors whoever can spew out vocab fast but i don't give a fuck |
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Post by ことしも魚ろしく on Jul 28, 2017 9:31:01 GMT 9
Heeeelp! Looking for Eikaiwa drinking games
So i do a weekly eikaiwa thing for city hall employees and today we're doing a otsukare enkai thing at a beer garden. I wanna do some drinking games with English involved. Anyone have any ideas?
So far thinking Taboo and Charades with drinking penalties and possibly King's Cup if they get tipsy and outgoing enough. I just found a couple on Buzzfeed like Most Likely and Medusa but I've never tried them out so I'm slightly hesitant. If anyone knows any games that have been successful with their group, pls let me know!
Edit: I also have a deck of cards on me, and probably have time to drop by Daiso before if anyone has game ideas that require supplies
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Post by Mumblesnore on Jul 28, 2017 9:41:06 GMT 9
Categories is a good one! (It's a part of King's Cup, but you could also do it separately as its own thing ne)
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Post by frooperyfroop on Oct 26, 2017 15:45:33 GMT 9
I found this wonderful website that has downloadable lesson plans/conversations arranged according to topic. I'm finding it to be a pretty great resource because while I like generating my own conversations, sometimes I get stuck and don't know what to write and need some inspiration. Also, I like that each topic is split into elementary, lower intermediate and intermediate levels, because sometimes I think the conversations I write are too hard for some of my students (the English level really varies between my classes), and this site is a useful reference for knowing how to adjust the content of your conversation accordingly. That plus it's great for days when I have been procrastinating and need to bang out a lesson plan in a few hours before my actual lesson. |
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Post by Nurkiras on Nov 15, 2017 10:00:03 GMT 9
Daiki: "Have you been traveling? You look tan and refreshed."
the traveling lesson is fun
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Post by B.B.P. on Nov 15, 2017 11:35:27 GMT 9
learning.sankei.co.jp/curriculum/daily-conversation/detail/b2 I found these to be quite good to get ideas from. They have a wide range of topics and questions for 初級～上級 they gave me some inspiration to make a powerpoint about commercials in NZ and Japan and show a lot of cultural differences that we have and some similarities (family orientated toyota ads seem to be the norm both in japan and nz)
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Post by Nurkiras on Dec 14, 2017 10:58:01 GMT 9
If you ever find yourself teaching the future tense, I have a handy two-part lesson and worksheets I can share. Also this is how I taught the construction of "I will have done ~" |
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James Bond films, "Groundhog Day" ("Sweet vermouth on the rocks with a twist")...!
