Whenever I do workshops every person in the room is involved. The reason is that however much you read about a game or song, or even watch videos, it’s not until you try it as a student that you actually see why it works. For example when I first started on the JET programme everyone…

Popped back to Genki HQ in Ehime today. We’ve just ordered another lot of the Kids English video set. The thing is that each set comes in two huge boxes. They had to hire a four tonne truck just to bring them all down from Tokyo! They’re now all safely tucked away in the Genki…

One of the reasons I wrote the Genki English songs was that although there are many songs that you can use for listening in class, there are very few that you can get your kids to actually sing in one lesson. But that’s not to say you can’t use the Genki English songs for listening….

There’s a nice thread over on the CD Owners forum where a few people have written up their Top 10 Genki English songs. The best parts are the conversations about extra ideas to use the songs in class. The Genki Songs all have specific ways of teaching that makes them work. Usually I’d recommend looking…

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…