In the newsletter last night I also introduced the “Team Taught Pizza” book. Judging by the orders this morning it’s very popular! One of the things I’m always asked for is Junior High or Senior High teaching ideas. To be honest I don’t have anything for Senior High, and only have my own experience for…

I’m always on the look out for new and interesting material to introduce to people. Basically the more good stuff I can recommend, the less I have to make myself! Whilst I was over in Korea last year there was a very popular presentation by a group of guys called English Tiger. I thought their…

One of the ( many ) slogans I have at Genki English is “Not tested on animals. Tested on kids”. Basically as soon as I put an idea up on the site thousands of teachers use it and I get a lot of feedback on what works and what doesn’t. I’ve been thinking though that…

The last picture book proved really successful, so here’s a new one – “I love vegetables” The cool part of the book is, of course, the twist at the end. This time it fits in very nicely with the upcoming Valentine’s Day. It’s not going to work for all your kids, but for the ones…

The Teachers TV website has put up two videos of how MFL ( modern foreign languages) are taught in UK schools. As you can see the situation is very much similar to those in Japan. The most useful aspect of the videos is that the reactions the UK teachers are having is exactly the same…

Last week I updated several of the CD1,2&3 worksheets as the printed book needed reprinting. Today I uploaded them on to the site so people who previously bought the CD set can get hold of them. How are you? / Weather – I took the faces off the character worksheets so it’s easier for the…