Author Archives: Richard Graham

Days of the Week Videos & Gestures

In Genki English we have several different “Days of the Week”ย tracks, to suit the mood of every class you have. First off is the “No Saturday” mix where you “forget” to say “Saturday” – great for younger kids! Or try the much more funky “When, when?” mix: Then you can move onto the “What day…

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Top January Lessons

Happy New Year! We’re into January now, so let’s keep theย excitementย up with these very cool lessons for the month… 1. Happy New Year Lesson A bit obvious, but “Happy New Year” are three really useful words to learn, plus of course we have the Genki English song to go with it. (And did you notice…

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Genki English Review of the Year

I hoped you very much enjoyed this year. ย For me, the highlight was definitely working in the low income areas of Africa. Thanks to the amazing people in Tanzania, I got my first trips over there this year. Plus of course there have been a whole host of other ideas for you on the blog….

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My new Kindle Book! “Success Secrets of Learning Languages!”

In case you got a Kindle for Christmas (or have Kindle on your iPhone/iPad/iPod ) … here’s my new kindle book! It’s aimed at Japanese learners of English, but at 0.99c you can probably get quite a few hints out of it and also see the ideas andย thoughtsย that I use when approaching adult classes. (Bilingual,…

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New Year’s Eve Lessons

Alekhya wrote in to ask: What kind of activities can be taught to kids on New Year’s Eve Richard? I have students ranging from class-1 to class-5 with me. Can you please give me some innovative ideas? ย I really find your techniques and approach of teachingย Englishย to kids awesome. Thanks a lot for all the mails…

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It’s raining!

It’s not much fun when it rains on Christmas Eve (like it is where I am now!) Just in case you have kids to keep happy whilst they wait for Santa, here are a couple ofย printablesย that might help! Or you could try the Christmas Squares Game. Merry Christmas!

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