Teaching using Genki English is dead easy, that’s what it’s made for. Training teachers to use Genki English is also pretty easy, that’s what I do everyday. But training teachers to train other teachers how to use GE is a new experience! The Ministry of Education has brought together around 180 of the best teachers…

Getting CD6 ready for release ( and up on the site), learning Thai ( very exhausting!), preparing for the Thai workshops, developing new materials, meeting with teachers and trying to write a book. That’s been this week, I’ll try and keep up with the blog from now on!

I’m back in Bangkok because after watching last year’s workshops and seeing the Genki English effect on even older teachers, the Thai Ministry of Education wants to put Genki English in not just a few, but every single elementary school in the entire country! Blimey. That is pretty cool. But with the enthusiasm the Thai…

After yesterday I was really quite excited about today, and the Thai teachers didn’t disappoint. The main aim was to let more teachers know about Genki English and to let the people in charge see how well teachers take to the materials so hopefully we can get the go ahead to do things on a…

Oh my goodness I have never seen anything like this before! There were 2,000 teachers here alright, but it was also a full scale expo. Adding in members of the public, and students who were doing events, there were 10,000 people altogether! Things started out with a massive show by kids from all over the…