Author Archives: Richard Graham

New Flashcards: Stand up, sit down, hands up, hands down etc.

I must admit I’ve never used flashcards for the Genki Disco Warm UpΒ Β  (i.e. Β Stand up, sit down, hands up, hands down etc. )Β but Mido has got a great flashcard review game coming up soon where theyΒ mightΒ come in useful! So here you go, A4 cards, Minicards and Evaluation Worksheet on the Disco Warm Up page….

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New Game: Throw in the cards

Here is Mido’s latest game to review whatever you are studying this week! 1. Β Split a pack of playing cards into the four suits, spades, clubs, hearts & diamonds. 2. Put a basket at the front of the class. 3. Put the kids in four groups, name each one after each suit. 4. Give each…

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Start your own school Tip 14: Can you help Luke name his school? + How to name your school?

Luke just wrote in to ask: I plan to open up a language school in Korea and I am having problems trying to name my school. Any suggestions or tips would be great. Since I can’t move forward until I name it!!! PS. I would love to see a blog post about naming your school~…

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How to escape education’s death valley

Ken Robinson has just done another amazing TED talk, if you are in education you have to watch this! What do you think? Β Do let us know in the comments! (It’s the last few days for this month’s comment competition, the more you comment the more chance you have to win a Genki English CD…

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New Game: Tic Tac Toe Grammar Game

This week Mido jumps up a bit to do some funky grammar practice. First let’s illustrate it with “Can ….” then we can level it up a bit! πŸ™‚ 1. On the board draw a 3 x3 gird with I, You, He/She on the side, + – ? on the top. Β Then put several different…

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Quick tip for future tenses, I will …. I won’t …

Luu just wrote in to ask.. Do you have any great ideas for teaching “I will …” or “I won’t ….”? My favourite way to do this is to Β … 1. Teach the Superhero lesson. 2. Introduce “I will …” with the superhero verbs 3. Give the kids a situation that needs a superhero (e.g….

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