Author Archives: Richard Graham

Are all your September classes full yet?

UPDATE: Β  The course enrollment has now closed (congrats to everyone who got in!) but you can still find out more tips & tricks to get more students on the free pages hereΒ or with the “Get more students” bonus course in the Teachers set!   Hello, It’s nearly the end of the holidays! I hope…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/are-all-your-september-classes-full-yet/

Replay with the British Council!

Here’s the replay from the British Council interview with me about games & gamification – we had over 11,000 teachers watching! If you’d like to learn more about the Genki English projects with the British Council then check out the page here. And here are some of the games I mention in the interview! Cops…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/replay-with-the-british-council/

πŸŽ€ Barbie & Oppenheimer not yet, but we do have Indy Jones & Spiderman!

One of the quickest ways to spice up a lesson and get more of the kids’ (or adults!) attention is to bring in some hit movie titles to your class games. We don’t have Barbie or Oppenheimer (this weekend’s top movies!) games yet, but we do have Indiana Jones and Spiderman games, which amazingly are…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/barbie-oppenheimer-not-yet-but-we-do-have-indy-jones-spiderman/

Lego Instruction Manuals for Teaching English!?

Do you love Lego as much as I do? Well, one of the amazing things about Lego is that you have step by step instruction manuals that anyone can follow. And they’re fun! So I thought, wouldn’t it be amazing to have Lego style instruction manuals for teaching English too? Where anyone could just follow…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/lego-instruction-manuals-for-teaching-english/

How to teach English without explaining anything – especially grammar!

Quite a few teachers have asked “How do you actually teach English if you don’t teach grammar rules?” Well, Β you just take advantage of the brain’s inbuilt ability … Here’s what I mean: All that content is already around you. For B1/B2 level you can spend a little time finding perfect Youtube or Podcasts that…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/how-to-teach-english-without-explaining-anything-especially-grammar/

Another 1M View Tok Tok & Summer Special!

Blimey, we’ve just had another Tik Tok hit 1M views – it is quite crazy what the kids like over there! You can check it out here…Β  Ninja Tip: Β June is the bestseason for doing Tik Toks ( more kids are off school and spending more time learning on there!) so I’ll upload some tips…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/another-1m-view-tok-tok-summer-special/