As you may have gathered from yesterday’s post, I’m in Australia at the moment.   I’m over here looking at study abroad options for students.   Apart from the language side of things (i.e. it’s one of the quickest ways to get fluent) I really believe that everyone should at some point have the chance to either…

We’ve had the Meddybemps cut out village on here before, but what about free cut out paper models of famous places from around the world?  Have a look at PaperToys.com This is what I’m looking at at the moment!

To go with the new Genki Phonics Workbook course there is now a Genki Phonics Posters ebook! As usual VIP members can download it for free, or if you’re not a member yet, get your Download Pack order in right now and join us! The phonics posters work with the Genki English songs to introduce kids to the English letters…

Fast company has a great new article on how smartphones  have changed education forever.  It’s a really good read. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/144/a-is-for-app.html One other take away is a line talking about how educational innovation has a hard time.  It explains why Japan still hasn’t got an English programme in place! educational innovation is useless if the teachers…

Genki French is now online! If you know anyone who is learning French, or if you’d just like to try the Genki style of computer game learning before you buy your Download Pack, then pop over and have a play. There are just a few games at the moment, Telling the time in French Colours in…

Holly’s just sent in this great review game for any question, answer, vocab or grammar! This is a really versatile game, and great for any age group. Give each student (or, if it is a large class, divide the class into teams) a coloured feather (you can buy them very cheaply from large habidashery shops)….