Author Archives: Richard Graham

Feeling stuck? Be like the snowball

I just put this up in the School Owners Coaching Program and made Dacha cry and I’ve been struggling too, so I thought I’d share it with you here: ———————– You’re like the snowball dude. There’s something in your way, we don’t know what it is yet, but there’s something, probably something simple. Probably just…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/feeling-stuck-why-youre-like-the-snowball-dude/

Why do some teachers get amazing results and others struggle for years without seeing progress?

UPDATE: Β The Homework Program applications are now OPEN for a limited time. Why do some teachers get amazing results and others struggle for years without seeing progress? This might explain one part of it – thank you Margit for sending this in…. Β I play the guitar. If I want to teach someone to play the…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/why-do-some-teachers-get-amazing-results-and-others-struggle-for-years-without-seeing-progress/

LIVE Q&A Replay

I’ve got some fancy new tech to make the live Teaching English Q&A sessions much more interactive and easy to use. So I’ll be trying it out on a bonus live session this Wednesday at 10AM Paris Time, 6PM Tokyo time on the GE Facebook Page. If you’ve got any questions about teaching English then…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/live-qa-replay-new-chance-this-wednesday/

Grains of Rice, Mixing Themes & Mashups

There is a famous story of a Chinese warrior. Β  As a reward for a particularly brave campaign the emperor asked him what he would like as a reward. “I’d like one grain of rice on the first square of a chessboard. Β 2 grains on the 2nd square, Β 4 on the 3rd square and 8…

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Updated, Easier to use Lesson Plans – What do you think?

The online lesson plan pagesΒ were getting a little messy and long in the tooth. Β  So I’ve updated, streamlined and added new intro videos with all the latest tips & tricks from the workshops forΒ the first few lessons. Β  Β What do you think? Β Would you like to see more of them done like this? Do…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/updated-easier-to-use-lesson-plans-what-do-you-think/

Tumbling Tower Game!

This is a great game to go with the Animal Voices lessonΒ – thanks to the amazing teachers in Kiev!   1. Β Everyone sits in a circle with the mini cards in-between them. 2. The first person puts down their fist, places a card on top and says the animal and the voice. 3. Β The next…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/tumbling-tower-game/