I’ve got to stop promising things in the newsletter, because as soon as I do even the simplest projects throw up a whole load of tech problems! But I have finally got Mr Monkey’s Magic Corner on the site… Magic’s a great way to get the kids interested in English as you can say the…

I’m off to Korea next week. And the thing that’s helping me the most with my Korean is …. Lost! Eventhough I did Korean at Uni in Tae Kwon Do lessons, it was from a guy with the broadest Yorkshire accent possible. Hence I could never really vision it in my head as to how…

Popped along to the ACET workshop in Fukuoka today ( figured it would be a nice rest after spending the last few days till well into the morning auditioning music files!). The picture books went down very well ( maybe A4 is best?), and I also did the Nemo Game. One of the teachers also…

Just in case you’ve not noticed ( how could you not have?), the Pokemon are back! The “Diamond” and “Pearl” editions for the Nintendo DS are sold out just about everywhere, and nearly everyone is Wi-Fi ing around trying to swap new monsters. I guess it’s time to dig up all those old Pokemon lesson…

There’s a new site in town for free flashcards. www.eslflashcards.com It’s simply another clipart set of pictures formatted up as cards, but you might find something useful there ( for example plural foods!).

Over the Summer a really great group of teachers got together on a special Japanese forum and very kindly translated nearly all of the 100 or so Reader’s Games on the site. Today I got the last 40 of them up on the site and ready to go. If you’re an ALT, simply print out…