Author Archives: Richard Graham

Off to Africa! (+ Best of 2011)

Hi Everyone, So tomorrow I’m heading off to Africa to start the first workshops of the year in Tanzania. Β That should be pretty exciting! I’ll try and get as much video and pictures taken as I can but obviously internet connections won’t be too hot so my email replies will be a lot slower than…

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Happy New Year – from Scotland (in my kilt!)

A quick video message to wish you all a very Genki 2012 – in traditional Scottish dress of course!

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/happy-new-year-from-scotland-in-my-kilt/

2012 Genki Calendars!

Hope you had a great Christmas, and here to wish you a fantastic New Year are the Genki English 2012 Calendars – the year of the Dragon! P.S. Β Also check out the Happy New Year song!

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Quick Christmas Travel Tip

If you, or your loved ones, happen to be travelling this season, here’s a really useful little tip: Just type the flight number into google It will pop up the real time live arrival/departure times, delays etc. and if you are in Europe or the US you can also click through and see exactly where…

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Stillness in Class

Elizabeth sent me this great link about including stillness in the classroom. This is something I do all the time (I learnt it from my martial arts classes where you do a minute pause each lesson). Β  It helps keep the balance between the super genki stuff and also helps pace the lesson. So for…

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Get your kids to love language: Poetry in your lunch box

I’m a huge fan of Sarah Kay and she has a new hardcover book of Β B out ( a great Christmas present!) If any of you are struggling with getting your own kids into loving language, here’s an excerpt from herΒ  interview on Amazon on how her parents got her into language: From kindergarten through…

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