After spending most of the past few weeks, and this morning, recording in the studio, I spent the afternoon in Starbucks chopping up audio files and making the new Genki Korean games.

The thing that struck me the most when I came to play them was just how hard or easy the games can be, eventhough they’re basically the same. For example the Ordering Food game seemed really easy, so I had to make it harder, but the telling the time game was rock hard and took me ages to finish! I often have teachers saying I should vary the games more, but the mechanics do sink into the background when you are presented with new language.

When I test the English versions, the choice of English is really important, and it is a huge advantage for most modern kids knowing so much English in advance. With Korean it’s very much a stab in the dark in the beginning, but luckily the games do make it worthwhile. And now I’ve got all these phrases running about in my head which is driving me mad! But I guess that’s what they are supposed to do.