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…

I don’t think you can have jet lag from Germany, but I was strangely wide awake at work at 7 this morning. And I spent the next 6 hours trying to get the Genki English forum back again. And I think I’ve done it! Apparently what took the forum down last time was simply a…

After a touch more filming in Hamburg it was time to fly back to the UK. And what a welcome. Aside from the rain, which is to be expected, the first thing you see when you enter Manchester airport is a nice big sign at immigrations saying “Assaults and threats against our staff will not…

After seeing the reactions of the teachers yesterday, I was thinking more and more today that Genki English should really get more into Europe. Whenever I’ve been here before it’s all seemed very “schooly” e.g. very simple worksheets, repeat after me, and silly activities like “put your hands on your heads if you hear a…