I want to build up my instagram a bit more and, as I keep telling everyone, the best way to do that is to go live everyday. Of course it would be a bit boring with just me talking each day, so I asked over on the VIP group if anyone would be up for…

Mariah Carey has been successfully brought back to life (that’s the whole purpose of Halloween, yeah? 😉 ) and it seems like everywhere that celebrates Christmas is firmly into festive mode already! My take on Christmas, or indeed the World Cup or anything else that the kids find exiting outside class, is to bring all that energy…

In this morning’s online coffee chat the teachers were asking about how to teach advanced C1/C2 level students.  They were really looking for something as good as Genki English but for their advanced level students. Well, there is something, it’s Advanced, C1/C2 level, Genki English  🙂 I’ve been running the program for quite a few…

One of the great things about learning English, teaching English or even setting up a small English school is that everyone wins. It’s not like professional sports or the soccer world cup where only one team can win. Instead we work in a world where, just like Karate, if you put the work in, everyone…

One of the interesting things that came up last week was a lot of teachers thinking that 100 students is an almost impossible feat.   They built it up in their head by overthinking everything they can’t do. The correct way to start, of course,  is to get out of your head by asking as…

Hello, If you missed Friday’s Top Fan Q&A session,  here’s the replay.  Grab a coffee and enjoy! Some of what we cover: 🦄 Why you are a unicorn ( and what that means!) How the Japanese concept of “Ikigai” can help you as an English teacher How to get more students online Group lessons vs 1…