Marie wrote in with a question I very often get asked “How can I encourage a shy student to learn English?” Many teachers just see “shy” as a personality type, and hence use it as an excuse saying “it’s OK, she’s just shy.” But that really does no one any favours. The key is to…

Flossy in Austria has posted yet another great project based video, this time for fruit and vegetables! This project is linked to the Genki English songs for fruit and vegetables. The children had seen the other students at their school have their breakfast and drinks project. They all decided they would like to have a…

Gaz has been at it yet again, this time making monster ebooks of Name Cards for the Name Card Game. As usual VIP members can download them below, and if you’re not a member, get yourDownload Pack now and join the fun! Namecard Game Cards colour (pdf) Namecard Game Cards Black & White (pdf)

Here’s the latest video I’ve done for learning counters. Thanks to Yumiko, Gaz & Margit for all your hard work! Would you like an English version?  If so, what would we count? P.S. Have a look at the comments from the Youtube site,  I tell you high school kids LOVE Genki songs! AshTheFallenAngel:  i was…

With the new movie coming out, here’s a quick reminder that you have the full text of the book available on Genki English as part of the “Learn English with Fairy Tales” page. Alice in Wonderland.. Plus there’s also a “dictionary included” version for Japanese students where you simply hover over a word you don’t…