Here’s another hip hop quiz for “What shall I do today?” It’s a tough one, can you get full marks? There’s also a worksheet to go with it: This is another one of my “success secrets“, as well as on an evening saying “Today I + past tense”, on a morning you can practice the…

I’m trying out some new workbook / evaluation sheets for each of the themes. They’re still in the idea stage so if there’s anything you’d like changing or adding then I’d love to hear them. We’re over in the members forum. It’s a great chance to have them just how you’d like them. I’ve also…

I’m just reading another great book by Adam Khoo, in it he talks about the days when some people think “whatever I do my students are terrible!” Here’s an anecdote from the book about a managing director, but it equally applies teaching: One time the managing director and owner of a chain of boutiques attended…

One of the topics in the Eigo Note that has been giving teachers problems is Lesson 6 “Introduce which country you wish to go to” Curiously enough Sara has just sent in an update to her “Around the World Trip” game. I think this might make the Eigo Note lesson a lot easier! Instead of…

Here are some more cards from Genki English contributor extraordinaire, Gaz. These are “back to back” phonics cards, with a colourful letter on the front and a funky matching image on the back e.g “k” and “kick”, “p” and “piano” etc. There are 18 pages with two with lower case sets and one with an…

UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who turned up to the Beijing workshop – you were amazing! To check out the next workshops, see the schedule page. Just a quick word to let you know I’ve got an “open to the public” workshop in Beijing next week on Thursday 21st (Update: Thanks to everyone who came!)….