I had a bit of a challenge this morning. Before the main show with all the kids, I had an hour with the three 3rd grade classes and their parents. Motivating adults is quite easy, and motivating 3rd graders is even easier, but not at the same time!! I starting off aiming at the kids,…

Yesterday I was wondering if doing a one off show was worth while if the teachers wouldn’t follow up on it. But my goodness, today proved beyond a shadow of a doubt how well Genki English works even if it is only once a year. This morning’s school was one I’d visited last year. Today…

Last time I came here it was a week of school visits. Of course word got round the rest of the schools, so I’m back here for another week. After quite a while of computer work, I guess it’s kind of like a holiday. The only slight problem with it is that today was two…

I happened to be in Fukuoka again today so popped along to the Fukuoka teachers group, ACET. I’m sure this must be a particularly talented group of teachers, but if other teachers groups in other parts of the country do similar things in their meetings, there must be so many great new teaching ideas still…

As you have probably found out, printing out hundreds of picture cards can be a nightmare, especially if your school or board of education puts a strict limit on how much ink you can use. One option is to print at home where you can take advantage of cheap ink replacement cartridges. One other idea…

This morning I was thinking back and it’s only a few years since AJET offered Genki English a spare room to put on an unofficial workshop after the main Tokyo Recontracting Conference. At the time the Ministry of Education didn’t even admit ALTs visited elementary schools. Hence there were no travel expenses and one time…