I’m very happy today that I can announce a new Genki English book! There’s always a delay between finishing a project and actually getting it out there, and sometimes the shine wears off in the meantime. So today I went and had another look at the real printed Black & White Minicards book, and it’s…

Today was really cool, it was the first time this year that instead of a “demo lesson” I actually did a full on Genki English show!! The whole idea of these shows was, if you only have one time in a school ( which I used to have when I used to volunteer at schools…

You know when the weather’s right Japan can be a fabulous place with so many world class things to do. A friend of mine is getting married soon so my Mum has popped over to Japan for the ceremony. This weekend we took her round some of the sites in Ehime, which are just great….

It’s that tricky time of year when it’s warm, but I can’t quite get away with wearing shorts all the time. So it looks like it’s a suit for this particular trip, which is just one day as I’m heading back home to Ehime tomorrow, for the first time since April! ( April? March? I…

Had a good day today, got lots of computer work done, and had time to answer lots of really good emails. A couple of things that came through were about doing plays in schools and a request for A4 versions of the How are you? Game cards e.g. Wet, Thirsty etc. You know it would…

Apple must have a heck of a lot of people listening to podcasts on their site. The GE High School / Adults Podcast ( it seems more teachers are using it for high school rather than adult classes so that’s what I’m calling it until I think of a funky name), keeps getting more and…