I’m working on some new songs at the moment, but before they get cast in CD stone I’d really like to hear your input. (I do have a tendency to just see the songs from the kids’ point of view, and find it tricky to see how other teachers would see them!) So I’ve put…

If you live in the States you might still be able to check out Genki English in Disney’s Family Fun magazine. It’s the Summer issue though so it might be out of stock. ( Sorry, I only just got my copy). I’ve also got a regular new monthly column for you in ALC’s “Kodomo Eigo”…

Here’s a new picture book, to use with the “Can I play…?” theme. As usual do the song first, then your kids will be able to understand all of the story ( and a get a great sense of achievement from it!). The narrated version is free online for your students to listen to and…

Seth Godin is a very clever guy. If you own your own business you should read all his books or at least his free blog. When it comes to languages though, like many, many people all over the world he doesn’t quite get it. For example in today’s post he talks about the ‘Two kinds…

One thing I really hate, whether it’s languages or history or chemistry, is when teachers boil lessons down to just being lists of things to remember. “It’s for the tests” is the usual excuse, but I just feel sorry for the kids! In Junior High School the lists of irregular verbs ( run, ran, run…

Last night I put up another YouTube video on the Genki Japan website, this time for hot, cold, fun & interesting ( words you hear everyday in Japan!). The crazy thing is that by this morning it had already been viewed over 100 times and had 5 comments, all before I’d even linked it up…