Contrary to the established advice it seems that quite a few of you are having a hard time getting the confidence to say “No!” to parents who, incorrectly, insist you teach reading & writing from the very beginning. (After all we don’t show ABC flashcards to babies back home!) And if you want the best speaking…

I’ve just simplified the Genki Phonics into one easy package.   (That should hopefully end a lot of confusion over which option to buy,  there’s just one option now with everything included, the stories, posters, worksheets and a few bonusses! 🙂 ) And I just updated the Genki Phonics Overview Wall Chart to add in…

Zana just wrote in to ask: 1) How to create amazingly engaging lesson plans? My answer: Spend 20 years of your life teaching thousands of students and getting the lesson plans checked by hundreds of other amazing teachers in many different countries to get their feedback, refinements and suggestions. Or just use mine 🙂 https://genkienglish.net/curriculum.htm Be…

One of the things that came up in the Teacher Training Academy discussion yesterday was that it isn’t really the materials or lesson plans,  it’s all those tiny little tricks and techniques that make the difference between a truly awesome lesson,  and one where the kids just fall apart. Sometimes all it takes in one…

UPDATE:  The new Teacher Training Academy is now open and ready for you to join! Hi everyone, I hope you are having a fantastic week! And a special big shout out to all of you who joined my on the Facebook Live Stream again today – you were awesome! One thing that cropped up a…

Simple. I like simple. And simple is always best. People are always asking me to make more things, to add things, to make new lesson plans. But I much prefer to try (and it is very hard!) to make things even simpler. Really I just want to boil everything done to one nugget. You can…