GenkiEnglish

The entire series is full overpriced rubbish designed to steal from children and incompetent adults. Richard, the owner of genkienglish(dot)com is a scam artist, and his trickery will catch up with him in time. Everything offered for an incredibly high price is available free online, and many of the serious English teachers in the world are seriously relishing the day when the British Council makes him pull his site down or return his passport because his behavior makes an international mockery of England.

Very outdated and not aesthetic flash graphics. The price does not match the quality. Visually done negligently. The first discs at least deal with several aspects of the topics, while the last discs have only a couple of phrases on the entire disc. Few words on the topic and one or two phrases are worked out. This is not enough. A complete system for the lesson is expected from such a number of disks, and there is only a joke. The guy is cheerful and energizing, but it looks like he was tired and gave up on his work.

Be Genki! - Genki English is the English program used in Japanese schools. In this method, English is taught through a series of songs (sometimes annoying, sometimes ridiculous, sometimes just plain catchy) and games. It was developed all by one guy Richard, who is extremely responsive to emails and feedback. I asked if there was anything possible in terms of providing the program to our school in Guatemala, and within 3 weeks, it got to me in the mail (from Japan to Guatemala) free of charge. Really an all around good program and nice guy. I only wish there were a more organized scope and sequence as well as organization in the system itself.