I originally wrote this message on Monday, but now we have comments enabled I figured it would be great to hear your top 3 most fun lessons as well.  They don’t just have to be Genki English, feel free to link to other materials if you like! To start things off, here are my top…

Yesterday the Guardian in the UK had an article about my favourite of favourite language teachers the late Michel Thomas: My message “anybody can learn”. The interesting think about this article was that it is about taking Michel Thomas’ ideas and methods and using them in normal schools instead of just private learners. I think…

Hello, I’ve just upgraded the blog design, what do you think? And I’ve also enabled comments, so you’ll be able to give feedback and make requests right here on the blog.  You don’t need to log in to comment, so please have a try! be genki, Richard

There’s an article on the BBC today about the French Education Minister’s decision to offer free English lessons to all students in the school holidays. The BBC says … Xavier Darcos announced the plans on Monday, insisting that speaking fluent English was the key to success. Xavier Darcos said it was a “handicap” to speak…

Today I was going to introduce the YouTube video by the new (well, 2 weeks ago) Education Minister in Japan. For ten years the government has been saying “primary school English will be compulsory very soon” but every time we get a new Minister they cancel it. For example in 2007 it was supposed to…

Mimasaka City, Okayama Prefecture. After the past few days I got up this morning thinking “Please let this school be good, please let this school be good.” And they certainly were! The head teacher picked me up at 7:00 for the hour long drive into the mountains and we had a really good chat on…