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…

I was having a chat yesterday about new ways of learning English. One of the most popular requests was to have English Manga to learn from. Not necessarily in the American sense of “Manga” but in the Japanese meaning of a “comic”, even something simple like for kids. Then it hit me that that’s basically…

I’m often asked about “English Culture” and to give examples. And to be honest there really isn’t anything that is particularly English. In England people drink beer and Starbucks just like lots of other places and things like bagpipes are obviously Scottish not English. But flipping through the BBC news last night I found something…