I don’t know if you’ve seen the new Harry Potter movie yet ( I got to see it in Imax 3D in Bangkok on Monday!), but there’s a new Head Teacher at Hogwarts: Dolores Umbridge. She starts off the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class by telling the students to forget any practical things,…

After the success in Thailand ( you can’t ask for more than having Genki English in every primary school in the country), this week it’s on to Hong Kong to see what we can work out here. Hopefully, fingers crossed, we should have a big announcement for teachers here too. Watch this space.

I’m really glad that I work with some great people in Thailand. Everybody is so helpful, really friendly and always super polite. But if I came here as a tourist I think I might walk away with a very different image. At first I thought the Bangkok taxi drivers were bad. A little over charging…

Genki English rule number 2: Losing means try again! And it doesn’t half apply in real life as well.. . Today I was supposed to be filming some segments for the new Genki English TV series. First up the camera battery had mysteriously died so had to be recharged. Then the sound checks showed there…

I noticed that they were having free Thai lessons on the beach today, so in my break I pretended I didn’t speak any Thai ( not too far from the truth!) and popped along to see what they would do. From the start it was pretty obvious that although the lady in charge of the…

One of the reasons that Genki English is successful is not just because of the songs, games and projects, but because of the “I can do it!” and “Try again!” philosophies beneath it. In high school this becomes even more important. With more and more children in developed countries having a lack of personal goals…