January: I began the year with a workshop in Germany, and lots of posts for naughty kids. Genki Korean launched. February: Started some of the sustainable development education ideas, had the Success Secrets book in English, plus lots of games, the most popular of which were the Disaster Game (later renamed to be “Chocolate Monster“)…

Along with the nice end of year messages (thank you very much!), this week I’ve also had requests for a 2008 version of the Genki English calendar. Apparently it’s very useful to display in class and getting the kids to answer questions about what month it is, what day it is tomorrow, yesterday etc. I’ve…

Hello, first of all a quick reminder that the Christmas Special Offer finishes on Tuesday (Christmas Day), so get your orders in soon. Tokugaz has just put up a message on the forum that might give you a couple of ideas if you still have last minute parties to plan! Hi, I was invited to…

Lots of news today. First of all Foxy Phonics has now sold out. The team are working on a new version that should be out soon, so sign up for the newsletter (or the email version of the blog above) to find out the latest info. The other news of the day is the announcement…

As you move further into Europe you realise even more that the “experts” in Asia who claim that learning a foreign language destroys your native language really have no idea what they are talking about. Today I passed through four different countries and spoke four different languages. The staff in the hotels speak even more,…

I spent my day off this week looking round the Louvre. Being mid week it was quite busy with school trips, especially around the Mona Lisa and the other more famous paintings, and some of the poor teachers were certainly struggling to keep all their kids in line. If you are planning a school trip,…