Category: Active English

The Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule,) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. It is a common rule of thumb in business; e.g., “80% of your sales come from 20% of your clients.”    Body text:    As an educational business owner, consider … Read more

ACTIVE PODCAST – Episode 11 ( Audio ) – CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO LISTEN      How important is discipline in our English schools ?     In this episode, Ian and Matthew discuss the topic of what is discipline and what place should it hold in our English schools. Ian relays his stories … Read more

PODCAST LINK ( audio 40 mins. approx ) :- https://activeenglishnow.com/podcast/2019/10/29/episode-10-rugby-news-desk-3   This special episode is related to English because the current rugby World Cup fever gives us a great chance to teach some English through the medium of rugby, be it, physically or through chat and pictures/movies. = ACTIVE ENGLISH – https://activeenglishnow.com        

This is Episode 3 of the ACTIVE podcast entitled  ” is the education system broken ? “   LISTEN HERE    Have you ever thought of these questions below. ?  We did on this episode, and tried to offer some possible solutions !! Why is Japan ranked so low in the world for speaking English … Read more

LISTEN HERE This presentation was made at the ETJ-Mie Workshop 1 held on November 10th, 2018,  in Matsusaka City. The presenter is  Ian Simpson – Chief Evangelist at Active English and ETJ-Mie Co-ordinator.

  If there is one way to start, save, or change a subject of conversation, it is talking about food. Food is something that unites all of us because it is something that all of us must do every day to survive, but it is also a wonderful expression of culture and, even, individuality. There … Read more