Donna has sent in this great feedback for the What do you think of …? lesson. This turned out to be a really exciting lesson. I divided the board into 3 parts: the “What do you think of THIS, the HIM and HER. It could get a bit confusing if the kids aren’t familiar with THIS-IT, HIM-HE…

September 18th is “International Talk Like a Pirate Day” so what better excuse to try the new “Treasure Adventure” song. Don’t worry, there’s no real pirate talk in there, it’s just a great excuse to try the song and have a great lesson! I’ve also just added some new A4 picture cards to go along…

(If you are on email and can’t see the videos, click here for the online version!) One of the themes the teachers chose to do this weekend was the Breakfast Theme. First they introduced it with the “Did you hear the news? The world is going to end tomorrow!” line and asking the kids what…

This weekend I had another workshop in Fukuoka, this time for two days where the teachers actually teach in front of each other and get feedback! We did quite a few themes and also took some good videos so I’ll get those up for you this week. Getting over the dip… The toughest part with…

According to the Yomiuri Newspaper (English version here) the Eigo Note “textbook” for elementary schools won’t now be scrapped after all.  It was decided earlier in the year to scrap the printing and distribution for next year due to budget cuts, but now it looks like it’s had enough support from teachers to be re-instated….