Today it’s the turn of the GenkiJapan.net site to get an update, this time with the Weather in Japanese song / video. I haven’t checked the stats yet, but with 1000 people subscribed to the YouTube channel I imagine quite a few people have already seen it. The nice thing that’s happening at the moment…

If any of you saw Carolyn Graham’s recent tour of Asia you’ll know she really rocks. She was the first person to popularise “Jazz Chants” where you take a record and chant your class’ target English over the top. If you get the music to fit the words (and not the other way round) it…

I had a request the other week for activities to teach “Whose … is this?”. I’ve never found anything that just clicked with this theme, until I came across the simplest of simple ideas on the net the other day: http://www.sendaiedu.com/stopthiefpossessives It’s a really simple idea… 1. Go round the class and collect something from…

As you know we like a little glitz and glamour here at Genki English. So today I’m very proud to present the latest Genki English CD – “Celebrities Sing Genki English Greatest Hits“. It’s taken months of swanning around the world, hob nobbing with the stars and signing up the biggest names to record their…

Stephanie wrote in asking how I got the live weather reports on the “What’s / How’s the weather in …?” game. The live widget I used is from weather.com and it’s called “Weather on your website”. If you don’t have your own site and want to choose different countries, ask the computer teacher, they might…

I got this feedback form in my email this morning: “This program is really amazing, I have to say thank you so much to give me or show me how to help my kids to learn english so fast ……they love me and their parents said that their kids love English too. Love, Yarlin” Thank…