On Friday 3rd February 2012 Charles Goodger, the founder of FunSongs Education, will hold a webinar for English teachers and people interested in using music and movement in language learning. The interactive event, which will last about an hour, is open to everyone and is scheduled for 13:00 GMT. This webinar is part of a [...]
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Charles Goodger talks about action songs in IATEFL Webinar
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FunSongs in India
Posted on January 24th, 2012 by CharlesIndian children learning “Time to Play” with Charles Goodger
At the end of 2011 there were almost 70 teachers from India registered with the FunSongs Education website. In November 2011 Charles Goodger received an invitation from Kalyan Chattopadhyay of Kolkata University to hold a workshop on action songs at the IndiaCall ELT conference and decided [...]
Charles Goodger at the NAFLE conference, Beijing, November 2011
Posted on December 31st, 2011 by CharlesFirst time in China
This was my first visit to China and I was there for just five days. The NAFLE conference was held some way outside sprawling Beijing – in a vast hotel complex with the beguiling name of Hot Spring Leisure City – though there was little time for relaxation or sight-seeing. I had [...]
FunSongs Education and C.A.I.L. at Rome TESOL Conference
Posted on November 27th, 2011 by CharlesGoodger and D’Errico in Rome 19/11/2011
The 36th National Conference held at the SGM conference centre in Rome by the Italian branch of worldwide English teachers’ association TESOL was a stimulating and useful opportunity for English teachers from all corners of the land to get together and update on the latest developments in the world of [...]
Enthusiasm for the FunSongs Method in China
Posted on November 7th, 2011 by CharlesAn eight-year-old Chinese student and her mother, a teacher were fascinated by the new FunSongs iPad app
At 1.30 pm on Monday 7th November 2011 in Hall 30 of the massive Hot Leisure Springs conference centre, Beijing Charles Goodger presented a workshop entitled “They’ll never forget.” For the next hour, a curious and enthusiastic audience of [...]
FunSongs Education China website launched
Posted on October 31st, 2011 by CharlesGreat Wall of China near Shanhaiguan
China is a massive country with around 218 million children under 12 years of age currently studying English at school. To make its action songs and study material more accessible to teachers and young learners, this week FunSongs Education launched www.funsongs.cn. One difficulty in getting the message across [...]
English Teaching Professional reviews FunSongs
Posted on October 8th, 2011 by CharlesThe September 2011 issue of the leading EFL publication for teachers and teacher trainers, English Teaching Professional contained a review of FunSongs action song modules. Everyone in the FunSongs team expresses their thanks to the experienced English teacher Maria Carmen Triola from Bologna (currently teaching on behalf of the Italian Government in Boston USA) for [...]
Lithuanian teachers focus on ELT in the digital age
Posted on September 25th, 2011 by CharlesLAKMA homepage
On Thursday 22nd September FunSongs Education was invited to contribute to the annual LAKMA conference held at Vilnius Polytechnic. This time the well-attended event was organized together with TD SIG, the IATEFL Teacher Development group. Charles Goodger gave a workshop entitled “They Will Never Forget” on the power of action songs as memory aids.
IATEFL Poland – Workshop for teachers held by Charles Goodger
Posted on September 14th, 2011 by CharlesWarsaw Polytechnic, venue for the IATEFL conference
On Saturday 10th Charles Goodger was in Poland’s capital to hold a dynamic workshop entitled “Music and Mime, Rhythm and Rhyme”. FunSongs Education is currently in discussions with IATEFL Poland about running special FunSongs teacher-training teacher courses in Poland.
FunSongs download Code CD in bookstores across Europe
Posted on August 20th, 2011 by CharlesCharles Goodger with FunSongs Cd display in Globus, Riga
After only six months since its release in June, the new FunSongs CD “Action Songs for Learning English – Vol. 2″ is already on sale in three countries across the European Union: Italy, UK and Latvia. Teachers and parents of young learners can either buy the [...]
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