Thanks to everyone for the great response to testing some of the new songs ( see the last post). I’ve just put another two onto the test page, “Do you have any brothers and sisters?” ( to solve the “How many members in your family?” problem), and “I like animals 2” which goes with the…

I’ve been working on a set of new songs, and two of them are ready to start real life field testing. If you’re a CD Owners Club member and you’d like to have a listen and try them in class yourself, email me and I’ll send you the link. As usual there’ll be a free…

The Japanese version of my “Success Secrets of Learning English” has been generating fantastic emails from students who’ve found it has really boosted their confidence. Of course you’re not likely to recommend it to your students unless you know what’s in it, so I’ve now uploaded an English version. It does sometimes read like a…

Seth Godin has a great post today with a picture of a huge Dunkin’ Donuts guide to ordering a coffee. It would be perfect to use in an English class; real, easy & useful English, big simple design, plus a nice bit of culture in that in America you can’t just ask for a simple…

Combining a game directly into a song is a really fun way to involve both music and an adrenaline rush. Here’s an excellent idea from reader Brad M: I gave this variation of the weather Clap! Clap! Game a try today and the students loved it! Great for review…seems to work especially well for reviewing…

The simplest things are always best, and here’s a genius idea from one of our Swedish readers. Instead of using “Mingle” in the mingle game, which isn’t the most useful piece of English in the world, simply change the chant to: Walking walking walking walking (The kids are walking around) Jumping jumping jumping jumping (The…