Author Archives: Richard Graham

Start your own school tip 7: How to get more students than you’ll ever need

In this post I’m going to show you how to get lots of new students. As many, or maybe even more, than you’ll ever need. A lot of teachers tend to focus a real lot on lessons, and rightly so. But many teachers also neglect their β€œmarketing” ( i.e. the image they present to the…

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More workbooks! + Pair Work

Thanks for all the great comments on the forum the other day – we nearly killed the servers with all the downloads! I’ve just added in the workbooks for vols. 10 & 11 – they are looking pretty good. Apparantly they are working great for putting the kids in pairs and getting them to test…

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New Game: I declare war on zombies!

The bright eyed might remember this game from August, where the title was a little controversial to say the least! Well, how about this Halloween version….. Of course it is still a “Use at your own risk” game … I Declare War Β – on zombies!!!! Original by Jessica Wendt This is a traditional Mexican kids…

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Evaluation & Imagination Worksheets & Genki English Workbook

UPDATE: All the Evaluation Sheets are here! A big request from many teachers is to have a Genki English workbook to print out and give to students. Usually the recommendation is to pick out the worksheets you like best for each theme and make a book like Flossy has done here: (Click the title above…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/evaluation-imagination-worksheets-cd12-workbook/

New Board Game: Squares!

(If you’re not into Halloween, here’s the regular version.) Snakes & Ladders is really fun, and a great review. But printing out board games for every theme can be a bit tough! So Gaz has come up with this really great board game that you can print once and then use to review as many,…

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V. Quick Halloween Game: ABC Chase

I don’t usually like alphabet style games (it hinders the kids reading ability compared with phonics.) But if you’re in high school, here’sΒ a very quick Halloween game, just do an alphabet chase. Β But with Halloween words! Kids write down the alphabet from a to z down one side of a sheet of paper, or the…

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