Author Archives: Richard Graham

Back from Korea

Just spent the last couple of days in Korea. As usual the food was fantastic, tons of vegetables with just about anything you order. Going on the high speed Beetle boat makes it seem like it’s just an island hop, which I guess it is really. It’s a year since I’ve been here, so it…

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Million Dollar Anime

I’ve had quite a few people asking to put up demo versions of the Adult / High School Hip Hop songs. It would be fairly easy to do, but …. I figured it would be a bit boring really. So…. I’ve put them up on the site, with pictures, but as an interactive listening quiz!…

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The Magic is Here!

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…

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Korean Lost

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…

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Halloween Nemo & ABC Dance

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…

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Pokemon are back!

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…

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