Author Archives: Richard Graham

The 3 Types of Demo Lessons (+ Red Square Video!)

This post is long, I was thinking of splitting it, but it had so many tips, I kept it as it is. Β YouΒ mightΒ want to grab a cup of coffee! Whilst I don’t often do demo lessons, I was asked to do a few when I was over in Russia, partly to counter the “this works…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/the-3-types-of-demo-lessons/

Time Sensitive: Upgrade your old Genki English *CDs* just till Thursday though!

UPDATE: Β This offer has now finished. Β Thanks to everyone who took part, it’s great to have you all upgraded! πŸ™‚ Β Now we can get back to making some funky cool new things for you, keep an eye on the blog! UPDATE: Quite a few people were a bit confused with the rules here, so I’ve…

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Monster list of Christmas Ideas!

Rather than me picking my favourites (I’ll do that later!) I figured I’d just give you the monster list of all the Christmas ideas we’ve had over the years. Β Pick your favourite and do let us know about it in the comments! πŸ™‚ We’ll start with the songs … Gingerbread Man Christmas Shapes Let’s decorate…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/monster-list-of-christmas-ideas/

2014 Homework Calendars – Make Homework into a Game!

UPDATE: Β Here are the 2015 ones! To go with the homework programme,Β and as a request from the VIP forum, here are your 2014 homework calendars. As last year, they are very easy to use and end up making homework into a game! 1. Set which lesson you’d like the kids to study before the next…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/2014-homework-calendars-making-homework-into-a-game/

Things I learnt from TEDx!

Wow, that was a full on day at TEDx! Β Here are a few things I learnt…. 1. If you get the chance, go to TEDx! TEDx is amazing online, but in person it is such a huge experience. Β There are so many talks, great TED videos, amazing music and above all totally smart amazing people….

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/things-i-learnt-from-tedx/

TEDx Talk Tomorrow!

Just travelling down to the beautiful island of Okinawa where it’s my TEDx talk tomorrow! Pretty exciting. And also a little nervous. When I do regular workshops it’s all questions and answers, and I change everything according to the audience feedback. Here though, as I’ve decided to do it in English, they will have simultaneous…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/ted-talk-tomorrow/