Last year we had Harvard University publishing their research on Genki English. ( “the programme had a significant, positive and robust impact on students’ learning outcomes“ is what they said.) And this year researcher Glenn Davis has just completed a very interesting study at the University of Oxford in the UK on the effectiveness of using songs vs….

Getting kids to have *real* conversations. This has been quite a popular request this week, so I thought I’d show you how we do it with Genki English! 1. First no words… So first of all don’t waste time with just teaching words i.e. the old flashcard way of teaching. It’s always much better to…

OK I’m going to go for a Halloween theme for this week’s Lesson of the Week. And my number one favourite lesson for Halloween is Who is in the haunted house? This kids love it,  you get to teach the questions word “who” and rooms of the house, and best of all you get all…

It’s just about a month away from my first ever TED talk! And there is soooo much that I *could* talk about that I’m having a really, really hard time decided what to fit in the 10 minutes. So I’d really love your help if you would be so kind. Could I ask: What about…