Teachers.tv have this great documentary on a secondary (junior high) school teaching going from “good” to “outstanding”  It’s great to see how she improves and how the outside people help her! Here are a few pick ups: – Good parts were lots of learning & enthusiasm – Need more pair work etc, to give teacher…

I’ve  just picked August’s winner of the comment competition.  And the winner is …  Buket! Buket, you win a Genki English CD or CD Download of your choice (or Genki Relax, Hip Hop or Genki Japan packs) The September competition is now open so get commenting (even on past posts is OK as long as you post it…

Here’s yet another really cool game from Mido Farid!  This time it’s a really simple vocab review game. Divide the class into two groups. Ask the first student from each group to come to the middle of the class Ask them to stand back to back Then ask the two student to close their eyes….

I just tweeted about a new Breakfast Menu Game to go with the “What would you like for breakfast?” lesson It’s dead easy to use: 1. Print out the menu below (VIP members) or put the pdf on the projector 2. Everyone shouts out “What would you like for breakfast?” 3. One person makes an order…

Margit has been using the Genki English “One Left” Uno Style game to great effect in her classes.  Check out this video: Kids love this Uno game adapted to different topics out of the Genki English curriculum. It’s played like “Uno “(“one left” “last card”). I guess each family (group) has slightly different rules to…

(See below to see how you can get this set for free!) We’ve just launched a new “USB” version of the Japan Superpack.  i.e. super easy to carry around! It’s exactly the same as the normal Superpack ( it’s the Teachers Set plus 2 more DVDs in Japanese and a Genki English card game) but instead…