There is a whole page of Junior High games on the site and the Planet Eigo (games, ideas & theory) & Textbook Trail (lesson plans and worksheets) books are really popular. But one thing I’ve always wanted to do was to have a list of each chapter in the Junior High Textbooks and have a…

Although the Genki English Food & Drinks menu games (see the worksheets on the lower right of this page & this page) work really well for beginners, for more advanced classes real authentic menus are what’s called for. You’d think there would be a whole stack of them on the net, but it takes ages…

It’s not very often that I come across a website and go “Wow!”. But that’s just what I have for you today: meddybemps.com. First of all I loved their illustrations and what looks like an excellent selection of Easter activities. But then I came across this, a whole printable cut-out village! They have over a…

It’s newsletter day today and this month’s game is “Double Easter Egg Karuta“. Another idea I heard about was to flip over the traditional Easter Egg Hunt, where the kids hide the Easter eggs and then tell you where they are in English e.g. in the desk, under the bookcase etc. You time and see…

I went to the Primary Languages Show in Manchester today. I wasn’t presenting this year, but I was back in the UK mixing the new album so figured I’d pop along. It is amazing to see how the situation in the UK is almost identical to that in Asia, with many teachers worried about having…

There’s already a video of “How to teach Genki English: the basics” online, but quite a few teachers have asked to see how everything works in an actual class. So that’s what today’s video is, the first ten minutes of my standard first class. If you like it, please give it some good marks at…