Although the Genki English Food & Drinks menu games (see the worksheets on the lower right of this page & this page) work really well for beginners, for more advanced classes real authentic menus are what’s called for. You’d think there would be a whole stack of them on the net, but it takes ages…

It’s not very often that I come across a website and go “Wow!”. But that’s just what I have for you today: meddybemps.com. First of all I loved their illustrations and what looks like an excellent selection of Easter activities. But then I came across this, a whole printable cut-out village! They have over a…

It’s newsletter day today and this month’s game is “Double Easter Egg Karuta“. Another idea I heard about was to flip over the traditional Easter Egg Hunt, where the kids hide the Easter eggs and then tell you where they are in English e.g. in the desk, under the bookcase etc. You time and see…

I went to the Primary Languages Show in Manchester today. I wasn’t presenting this year, but I was back in the UK mixing the new album so figured I’d pop along. It is amazing to see how the situation in the UK is almost identical to that in Asia, with many teachers worried about having…

I found a nice little site with games for teachers of French. One of the ideas that I liked was the “The Queen of England never…” game…. 1) You write the phrase on the board. 2) Kids race to the front and take turns to continue the sentence in as many ways possible. Examples they…

Another tip for yesterday’s “What do you want to do?” song is that it’s very easy to change into “What do you want to be?”, which can otherwise be a bit of a mouthful to teach in one go. From a motivation/careers education perspective, remember it’s not just English that we teach, “I am a…