One really useful phrase you can use in adult or higher level classes or when you have plenty of time is “Talk me through it ….” So, for example, if you’re teaching clothes in English with “He/She’s wearing….”, just bring up the big Oscar Lunch photo and just say “Talk me through it…”    …

Hello, My favorite review game for starting the New Year (after the Genki New Year’s Song, of course – I just updated your Teacher’s Set and Student Set versions to 2024 for you!), …. is the Hammer Game! It is soooo much fun & lets you see exactly what the kids have remembered over the…

When looking for class games, which are always the best ways to simulate and stimulate conversion in class, I’m always looking at what games the kids are playing anyway then just flip it into English! So in Japan at New Years, the game of Fukuwarai is really popular.   And …. it just so happens…

Although I love the original Thanksgiving game and I don’t usually like worksheets,   this one needs a bit of brain power & gives birth to lots of speaking practice! So put the kids in groups, make sure the game rule of “Only English in the Games” is in place (you can of course use…

Time is always a challenge for teachers.  So we always have to make choices as to what is the most important and useful language to teach first. That’s why my curriculum ends up full of questions,  which the kids want to ask all the time, and things like numbers & colors end up being much later…

It’s October which means one thing,  Maria Carey is getting warmed up for November 1st. And it also means it’s Halloween in a lot of the world. It’s a fantastic chance to use the magic of Halloween to introduce, review or re-teach some of the language points that our students might have found a little…