Happy New Year!  I hope you had a fantastic holiday! And to get the brand new 2019 off to a flying start I’ve just uploaded the 2019 Homework Calendars. You can find them over on the VIP printables page – enjoy! Be genki, Richard

One of the things we’ve found with the Advanced course, and with all courses really, is that if you set a timer for an hour, it takes an hour.  If you don’t set a timer…. well, it could take forever. 🙂  It’s called Parkinson’s law and it basically says a task fills the time you…

It’s been great seeing everyone interact over on the Genki English Facebook VIP Group. One of the things that I’ve been trying to do over there is instead of simply giving everyone the answers i.e. old fashioned Victorian style teaching,  I always try and ask a question back that will let you figure out the…

Quite a few people have written in to ask what’s the easiest way to do a Christmas play or presentation using Genki English. There are quite a few you can do (and lots on the skits & stories forum page) but the easiest one by far is the Gingerbread Man. If you’ve done “How are…

The Black Friday video module bonus has now passed – congratulations to everyone who got in! But you still have the pdf discipline ebook as part of your VIP membership with nearly all my top ninja discipline tips 🙂   The other book I really recommend is Life Kido! Enjoy! Be genki, Richard

They’re going away in ….  ( or VIP members click the big pictures below!) When I was at school I found it sooooooo boring! And that’s why I started Genki English, because I was seeing so many bored kids – and teachers! –  and thought  “Hang on, surely there’s got to be a way…