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…

I’ve just spent the last few days finishing up a DVD of some of the mini lessons and songs from CDs 2 & 3. I’m working with one of the government’s test schools in Okayama, the idea being that DVDs are easier to use than setting up a computer and projector. I was about to…

We’ve been offering my Kids English set on the site for a while now, but because we’ve secured such a large discount for Genki English readers, we haven’t been able to mention the price. Needless to say lots of people found that frustrating! But now we can reveal the special Genki English deal. Normally the…

I was at the ACET teachers’ meeting today and realised that Mr Monkey’s Magic Corner works great for Christmas language i.e. “What would you like for Christmas?”. The new worksheet version should prove a hit with your students! I also introduced the Ultraman Urawaza for “touch your toes”. But everyone could do it without knowing…

Today I was on the radio to promote the new hip hop podcast songs. The DJ, Tim, uses the kids songs on his TV show and seemed quite impressed with the funky new adult tracks. I haven’t been on the radio for ages and it was quite a fun time. The studio faces on to…

I bumped into Patrick Jackson at the ETJ conference on Sunday. He was trying to get everyone to wear one of his potato pals costumes ( he claims to have a picture of the new Prime Minister wearing one!). Anyway, he didn’t get me in the outfit, but he’s put a picture up on his…