Author Archives: Richard Graham

Are A.I. Lesson Plans Any Good?

First off I LOVE A.I.! ย  ย I’ve used A.I. to help write four books this year ( ๐Ÿ„โ€โ™‚๏ธGrammar Tenses, California Style, ย ๐Ÿ”ฅGenki Idioms on Fire, 100 Conversation Starters for all levels, plus a new Genki pronunciation book) as well as lots of graphics ย & kids stories. ย  ย These are projects I’ve wanted to do for…

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How do I upgrade my Genki English software?

Bryan started something on the Genki VIP Facebook group, asking how to update his Teacher’s Set software to have all the latest lessons and updates. Don’t worry,ย  you don’t need to rebuy all the Teacher’s Set again (although you can if you like, some teachers do!)ย  we’ve actually got VIP upgrade deals for you ๐Ÿ™‚…

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Best review games & ideas for beginning of term

Hello, If you’re back teaching this week then a fun, genki review can be a great way to get the year off to a great start. ย  Here are my top ideas for you … 1. The Secret Warm Ups If you are doing a super efficient “get the best results in the best possible…

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Are all your September classes full yet?

UPDATE: ย  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 hereย or with the “Get more students” bonus course in the Teachers set!   Hello, Itโ€™s nearly the end of the holidays! I hope…

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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/

๐ŸŽ€ 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…

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