Another two day workshop and as this school had had a one day workshop last year covering all the important basics, I just jumped into doing more advanced teaching methods and how to improve the efficiency of the lessons. This school has also bought student packs of all the CDs and the Kids English set….

OK, first things first, I’m going to be back in Okinawa twice next year! In June we’re planning a mini-tour, so if you would like a workshop at your elementary school or for your group of teachers, get in touch now and we’ll get you on the list. Next year my elementary school workshops will…

Today was billed as “songs and games”, and as we covered all the important theory and motivation bits yesterday, that’s what we did all morning. In fact the first hour we spent doing the the full “Left & Right” lesson in real time, just to show what sort of speed a class would go (…

I’ve been looking forward to this workshop for a while now, instead of a 1 hour “sales pitch” or 3 hour introduction, I have three full days of professional development workshops which is itself part of a 2 week long programme. About half the participants were elementary school teachers and about half were student teachers….

Unlike usual workshops where I work through things in stages according to the teachers needs, this week’s workshops have all got titles. Tomorrow afternoon is “International Understanding”. Usually I have that as the big finale at the end, to show the teachers how important their work is. But tomorrow I have a full 3 hours…

Greetings from sunny Okinawa! I’ve actually spent the last few days in (rainy!) Ehime, where in amongst all the boxes of CDs and Kids English ( very big boxes!), we found an unopened carton of Genki English t-shirts. Lots of people have been asking to buy them, so after taking out a few for myself,…