A couple of years ago I wrote a motivation book to get learners geared up and totally enthused about getting really good at English. Basically that’s what I spend all my time in Japan doing and it was great to get it down on paper. Last year a few publishers were asking about it, but…

As you may have guessed from this morning’s newsletter, “Winter Clothes” is the big new topic for the month. I didn’t manage to get the song completed in time, but there are some nice game ideas along with A4 cards, minicards, the picture book and a very nice online game. It’s a nice intro into…

With over 8,000 people a day on the site, quite a few of them are students. But if you’re not into teaching, then finding the stuff that’s useful for you i.e. all the online games etc., is quite difficult. So I’ve just put a “for students” link at the top of the English and Japanese…

We start off the year with a request for 2007 versions of the Genki English calendars. They’re great to hang on the wall. The “When, when, when” theme is also fully updated with 2007 & 2008!. This month’s recommended theme is of course “Make a Face” which ties in nicely with the Japanese New Year…

I hope you are enjoying the New Year Holidays. 2006 has certainly been a fantastic year. The biggest news was the Thai government deciding to put Genki English not only in 5,000 test schools but every primary school in the country. Plus workshops in Germany, Japan and Korea certainly made this a great time. The…

Steve Pavlina has a very good blog post today starting with “What are the odds of becoming a black belt?“. It’s a problem that many teachers come across of students ( usually adult ) who believe that learning a language is hard or even impossible for them. Steve spells it out in a very nice…