Author Archives: Richard Graham

Cinderella Game & How to motivate children who just aren’t into learning English?

How to motivate students who just aren’t into learning English? For younger kids …. With younger kids, if you’ve got their attention then sometimes just bringing in the computer to class is all you need. When you add in the songs & games the biggest problem is often how to get them *out* of the classroom! For…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/how-to-motivate-students-who-just-arent-into-learning-english-cinderella/

How to do an easy 123 step ESL Lesson Plan

If you’ve picked up your Teacher’s Set   then this is how you can use them to get some awesome ESL (English as a Second Language) or EFL (English as a Foreign Language) lessons!   1.  Warm Up & Review The very first lesson is easy with the Disco Warm Up to set up the expectations and the all important first…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/how-to-do-an-easy-123-step-esl-lesson-plan/

Want to try Genki English? Till Friday: “Adventure Level” Limited Edition

      Update:  This offer has now finished.  Thank you to everyone who took part, and if you missed it, the Teacher’s Set is for you! 🙂   How are you doing today? I’m a bit like you in that I’m always wanting to find new ideas and anything that makes life easier –…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/want-to-try-genki-english-till-friday-adventure-level-limited-edition/

She’d like / He’d like breakfast game

Colin just sent in this very nice game to go with the breakfast lesson: 1. The players sit in a circle with a set of breakfast mini cards each. 2. The first player says: “What would you like for breakfast?” 3. Going round the circle, each chooses a card and says, “I’d like some…” +…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/shed-like-hed-like-breakfast-game/

Is it better to be yourself or act out of your comfort zone?

Andrew wrote in with a brilliant question: Is it better to be yourself or act out of the comfort zone? Lots of people say “be yourself.” But “yourself” is actually always changing. None of us are a photograph. We are all a filmstrip. And as such we’re always constantly moving and evolving. The person you…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/is-it-better-to-be-yourself-or-act-out-of-your-comfort-zone/

New Imagination Worksheets

To go with the writing programme, here are a few new Imagination Worksheets for  volumes 13 and new beta test songs: Some of them you’ll also find in the Workbooks, but they’re here in full A4 glory! Enjoy, Be genki, Richard P.S.  The other Imagination Worksheets, plus a nice video to see how to use…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-imagination-worksheets/