I’m amazed at how popular foreign languages are in the States, especially Japanese and also Korean. A lot of people are also interested in reading the different symbols involved. The trick of course is to make it fun. So to help out I’ve made 2 hip hop and 1 dance track to learn a few…

Yesterday was the big premier in Tokyo, so today it’s time for Spiderman 3 to make his way into the classroom. The original Spiderman game has become hugely popular in high school classes, so I’ve just tweaked it a little to bring in the new Spiderman and the new Sandman villain. Basically this time when…

UPDATE:  Thank you to everyone who joined us, it was amazing!! As you may have seen on the schedule page, I have a big symposium in Okinawa in June. As the travel expenses will be paid for, the plan was then to spend a bit of time down there, maybe visiting the islands and doing…

Hope you had a nice weekend! Last term we had a request for ideas for teaching “school subjects” ( math(s), English, PE, science etc.). Although I explained that it’s not one of the themes I personally like, as it’s usually not kids but teachers who make the request, I’m glad to say that Atley Jonas…

And to the final post in this series, what to do in a first lesson when you don’t speak your students’ language. I know whenever I do a class in a new country for the first time it can be terrifying. You walk in there, nobody speaks any languages you understand ( because if they…

The number one top idea for a first Junior High School lesson is without doubt the “What’s your name?” lesson. As I wrote in the “6th graders” article, even the hardest nosed too-cool-for-school 6th graders turn back into little angels in the first year of Junior High. And after a week full of entrance ceremonies…