Genki English is 10 years old today! (Well, not quite, it was actually last week but I missed it due to having no internet in Australia!)
It was exactly ten years ago on July 27th 1999 that I first set up the Genki English website. Back then it was simply to upload all the games and activities I was presenting in training workshops (because everyone always lost the big piles of papers I used to hand out!) and for myself to look up ideas quickly before a lesson.
I just loved the fact that unlike paper we could have real photographs that moved! Which made the games really easy to understand. I didn’t have any songs at that time, so I was still struggling with kids forgetting everything for the next lesson, but the games were proving very useful.
Things sort of went on from there, I spent hours everyday adding new things to the site from every lesson I taught. Then eventually a year later it became my full time job, I started doing workshops in different places and that’s how we got to where we all are today.
If you’d like to marvel at the original gloriously tasteful flashing graphics front page then here’s the earliest menu I still have. The thing is that many of the games from that first edition are still staple favourites today!
Thank you to everyone for all your amazing support over the past decade (!) and here’s hoping there will be more amazing things to come in the next one!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Very “Happy” for everyone!!!
Thank a lot!
Hi!
Congratulations Richard. You are a genius!
Happy 10th Birthday GENKI ENGLISH!!! What a amazing achievement this is Richard. I just love the first web page, it looks so different and almost old fashioned!! How technology has moved on with ipods, podcast, Youtube etc etc What will the next 10 years bring??
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Heres to another 10!!
Happy birthday GE! Goes to show how much things can develop, doesnt it.
Happy Birthday to you GE!! I like the old game page with the cute animated gifs.
The site has really evolved and I can’t even imagination what the next 10 years might bring!!
Congratulations Richard and Bravo!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
It was interesting to see the earliest page. It still looks great to me!
Thank you for starting Genki English!!
Happy Birthday to You. Well done Richard for ten exceedlingly helpful genkienglish years. Here’s to another then with the astonishing leaps you have made.
Happy 10th Birthday GE!!
Congratulations, Richard!
From humble beginnings to being THE essential site for English teaching as it should be done.
May your genkiness last another 100 years!
Happy happy birthday to GE and to Richard!!!
It must have been such a dedicated work for you.
Thank you for making GE!
I hope you’ll continue your great work! I know you will and that I really depend on you!
Thank you, again!