I was putting up some new stuff on YouTube yesterday and noticed that someone had uploaded the documentary NHK did about Genki English a few years ago. So I’ve linked it up from the site. The show is in Japanese but you can see a bit of how I write the songs & some of…

To be a bit more constructive today I’m going to start a series of three posts on what to do in the first lesson of the year. ( Quite a few countries start their school year this week). The first one today will be the number one super best lesson lesson I have, but you…

One of the main things that keeps me going with Genki English is because of all the really bad learning materials out there. I love it when I come across something that’s good as I can simply recommend it and get one with something else. But far too often some of the material available is…

Had a busy day today. Started off with a Genki English chat with a teacher who’d flown in from Jeju in Korea. That was good. Then off to my “mini workshop”. The good thing about today was it was nice and pressure free so I could try some ideas and techniques which I hadn’t done…

It always pays to ask. The big request about the picture books wasn’t the speed of the pages turning, but narrations! This was one of those projects on my to do list that I’ve never had time to do. But a little push works wonders, so now two more of the picture books have narrations:…

Rebecca sent in this feedback about the Last Person Standing Game. You might want to try it in your problem JHS classes! This game changed a group of surly, pubescent second year JH girls into a smiley, screaming fun-loving bunch who wouldn’t let the game finish!  We played for about 20 minutes.  Problems were me…