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…

I’m just about to catch a plane back to Asia, but here’s a quick word to tell you you can now get the price of Genki English materials in your local currency. The new ones that have just been added are: INR – India Rupee DKK – Denmark Krone HKD – Hong Kong Dollar NZD…

One thing I want to work more on this year is using the Genki English games, philosophies etc. and applying them to other subjects. Very often just one idea can totally change how a student perceives a subject, and one particular area I want to help with is the UN’s Decade of Education for Sustainable…